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As of 2022, the mayor of Doylestown is Elnora "Noni" West. The borough council consists of Council President Jack O'Brien, Council Vice-President Wendy Margolis, Ben Bell, Tim Brennan, Lawrence Browne, Dennis Livrone, Joe Frederick, Jennifer Jarret, and Amy Taylor Popkin.
History. William Doyle's 18th Century Inn, founded at the intersection of the Philadelphia to Easton, and Swedsford to Coryell's Ferry roads, was the seed that bloomed into the town now known as Doylestown.
The earliest inhabitants of the neighborhood were Scotch-Irish. In 1732 a log church was founded at Deep Run, eight miles north-west of Doylestown, of which Rev. Francis McHenry was installed pastor in 1738. Doylestown was incorporated as a borough in 1838.
The Doylestown Historical Society local history collection, 1832-2009, consists of manuscripts, such as organizational records, ledgers, photographs, ephemera, genealogy records, maps, and blueprints, that document various Doylestown individuals, families, businesses, and organizations.
Nov 19, 2008 · History of Doylestown, old and new : from its settlement to the close of the nineteenth century, 1745-1900. by. Davis, W. W. H. (William Watts Hart), 1820-1910. Publication date. 1904.
History of Doylestown, old and new : from its settlement to the close of the nineteenth century, 1745-1900; Names Davis, W. W. H. (William Watts Hart), 1820-1910. Created / Published Doylestown, Pa. : Intelligencer Print, [1904]. Headings
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In 1897, Joseph Krauskopf (1858-1923) founded the National Farm School. A leading reform rabbi in Philadelphia, Krauskopf had been encouraged by Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) to build a farming school for Jewish immigrants similar to farm schools in Russia.
