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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 ...
Feb 4, 2016 · Title: History of Doylestown, old and new : from its settlement to the close of the nineteenth century, 1745-1900 Year: 1904 Authors: Davis, W. W. H. (William Watts Hart), 1820-1910 Subjects: Publisher: Doylestown, Pa. : Intelligencer Print Contributing Library: The Library of Congress Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation
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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).
Mar 25, 2012 · Historic Doylestown. March 25, 2012. 12:00 PM. Four hundred forty seven feet above sea level, Doylestown’s courthouse, church spires and the roof peaks of the Mercer Museum can be seen for miles around. As the county seat of Bucks County, it is appropriate that the town is situated near the geographic center of Bucks County.
Website. www .doylestownborough .net. Doylestown is a borough in and the county seat of Bucks County, Pennsylvania. 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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