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Doylestown is the county seat of Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Founded in the mid 18th century, it became the county seat in 1813 and was formally incorporated as a borough in 1838. "Doylestown is named after the Doyle family. The Doyle family originally came from France (the name was D'Ouilli), but moved to Ireland during the Inquisition.
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 ...
Doylestown became the county seat of Bucks County in 1812, and the area flourished when a railroad line was completed between Doylestown and Philadelphia in 1856. Doylestown's historic downtown began to deteriorate in the early 1960s, but the town was revitalized in part due to an architectural preservation movement.
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. As a major crossroads in a largely agricultural area, Doylestown became a central village in the County, leading to its designation as the ...
Mayor Not Available Joseph B. Weaver (b.1825 - d.1886) 1870-1872 5 Mayor Not Available Abel H. Pursell (b.1821 - d.1898 ) 1872-1873 6 Mayor Not Available Joseph Benjamin Weaver (b.1825 - d.1886) 1874 7 Mayor Not Available William G. Bigelow (b.1841 - d.1927) 1874-1881 8 Mayor Not Available Joseph Benjamin Weaver (b.1825 - d.1886) 1882-1883 9 Mayor
Currently serving as the Doylestown branch of the Bucks County (Pa.) Free Library, the Melinda Cox Library was Doylestown's first free library. It opened in 1917 through a bequest of Doylestown resident Charles Cox (1832-1914) who left his entire estate to create a community library named after his mother, Melinda Hines Cox (1803-1890).
The Mayor is elected at Large to a 4-year term, and serves as the "weak executive". Municipal Government in Doylestown dates to 1838 with the incorporation of the Borough of Doylestown, one of approximately 2,500 municipalities in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Boroughs are governed by an elected Council. In Doylestown Borough, this Council ...
