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With the prosperity of the late 20th century, and the rediscovery of traditional small towns as high quality places to live, Doylestown has seen a… 10 Doyle Street Doylestown, PA 18901 | Borough Hall: (215) 345-4140 | Police: (215) 345-4143
Doylestown is a borough in and the county seat of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census , the borough population was 8,300. Doylestown is located 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Trenton , 25 miles (40 km) north of Center City Philadelphia , 27 miles (43 km) southeast of Allentown .
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Doylestown Borough. Doylestown was incorporated as a borough in 1838. D oylestown (Towship) was organized in 1818 and situated within a mile of the geographical centre of the county. By an Act of Assembly, passed the 20th of March, 1724, became the county seat in place of Bristol, an honor which it held until 1812, when the courts and public ...
A bill for the erection of Doylestown into a borough was introduced in the Legislature in February, 1830. Another attempt was made in the session of 1832, but this also fell through. Finally, “An Act to erect the Village of Doylestown, in the County of Bucks, into a Borough,” was passed and signed by Governor Joseph Ritner on April 16, 1838.
Title 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.
In 1682, William Penn, a Quaker, was granted the land of Bucks County from the King of England as payment for a debt. Doylestown was built on the tract that William Penn conveyed to the Free Society of Traders in 1682, originally containing 20,000 acres. Of the 20,000 acres, 8,612 of them lay in the nearby townships of Warwick, New Britain and ...
After the sale of the tavern, the town became known by its present name. In 1778, George Washington and his Continental Army camped near Doylestown, on their way from Valley Forge to fight the British in New Jersey. In 1812, Doylestown became the County Seat of Bucks County. "In 1856, a railroad line was completed between Doylestown and ...
