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Industry and commerce

The boroughs of Bristol

Bristol, Pennsylvania

Bristol is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, northeast of Philadelphia opposite Burlington, N.J. on the Delaware River. Bristol was first incorporated in 1720. Although its charter was revised in 1905, the original charter remains in effect, making Bristol one of the older boroughs in...

and Morrisville

Morrisville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Morrisville is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 8,728 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Morrisville is located at . It is situated on the Delaware River directly across from Trenton, New Jersey...

were prominent industrial centers along the Northeast Corridor

Northeast Corridor

The Northeast Corridor is a fully electrified railway line owned primarily by Amtrak serving the Northeast megalopolis of the United States from Boston in the north, via New York to Washington, D.C. in the south, with branches serving other cities...

during World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

. Suburban development accelerated in Lower Bucks in the 1950s with the opening of Levittown, Pennsylvania

Levittown, Pennsylvania

Levittown is a census-designated place and planned community in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States, within the Philadelphia metropolitan area. The population was 52,983 at the 2010 census. It is above sea level...

, the second such "Levittown" designed by William Levitt

William Levitt

William Jaird Levitt was an American real-estate developer widely credited as the father of modern American suburbia. He came to symbolize the new suburban growth with his use of mass-production techniques to construct large developments of houses selling for under $10,000...

.

Among Bucks' largest employers in the twentieth century were U.S. Steel

U.S. Steel

The United States Steel Corporation , more commonly known as U.S. Steel, is an integrated steel producer with major production operations in the United States, Canada, and Central Europe. The company is the world's tenth largest steel producer ranked by sales...

in Falls Township

Falls Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Falls Township is a township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 34,300 at the 2010 census. Portions of Fairless Hills and Levittown, Pennsylvania, are located in the township...

, and the Vulcanized Rubber & Plastics and Robertson Tile companies in Morrisville. Rohm and Haas

Rohm and Haas

Rohm and Haas Company, a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania based company, manufactures miscellaneous materials. Formerly a Fortune 500 Company, Rohm and Haas employs more than 17,000 people in 27 countries, with its last sales revenue reported as an independent company at USD 8.9 billion. On July 10,...

continues to operate several chemical plants around Bristol. Waste Management

Waste Management, Inc

Waste Management, Inc. is a waste management, comprehensive waste, and environmental services company in North America. Founded in 1894, the company is headquartered in Suite 4000 at the First City Tower in Downtown Houston, Texas, in the United States....

operates a landfill

Landfill

A landfill site , is a site for the disposal of waste materials by burial and is the oldest form of waste treatment...

in Tullytown

Tullytown, Pennsylvania

Tullytown is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,872 at the 2010 census. Part of Levittown is located in Tullytown.-Geography:Tullytown is located at ....

that is largely the receptacle of out-of-state waste in the USA (receiving nearly all of New York City's waste following the closure of Fresh Kills landfill in Staten Island, NY 40 miles (64.4 km) away).

Bucks is also experiencing rapid growth in biotechnology

Biotechnology

Biotechnology is a field of applied biology that involves the use of living organisms and bioprocesses in engineering, technology, medicine and other fields requiring bioproducts. Biotechnology also utilizes these products for manufacturing purpose...

, along with neighboring Montgomery County

Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

Montgomery County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, in the United States. As of 2010, the population was 799,874, making it the third most populous county in Pennsylvania . The county seat is Norristown.The county was created on September 10, 1784, out of land originally part...

. The Greater Philadelphia

Delaware Valley

The Delaware Valley is a term used to refer to the valley where the Delaware River flows, along with the surrounding communities. This includes the metropolitan area centered on the city of Philadelphia. Such educational institutions as Delaware Valley Regional High School in Alexandria Township...

area has become the second largest area of biotechnology in the United States, only behind Boston

Boston

Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...

. It recently pushed San Francisco and Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....

to lower rankings. It is projected by 2020 that one out of four people in Bucks County will work in biotechnology.\

Tourism

Another important asset of the county is tourism. The county's northern regions (colloquially referred to as Upper Bucks) are renowned for their natural scenery, farmland, colonial history, and proximity to major urban areas (particularly Philadelphia, but New York City

New York City

New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

, Allentown

Allentown, Pennsylvania

Allentown is a city located in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is Pennsylvania's third most populous city, after Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, and the 215th largest city in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 118,032 and is currently...

, Reading

Reading, Pennsylvania

Reading is a city in southeastern Pennsylvania, USA, and seat of Berks County. Reading is the principal city of the Greater Reading Area and had a population of 88,082 as of the 2010 census, making it the fifth most populated city in the state after Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown and Erie,...

and Atlantic City are also within a two-hour radius).

Bucks County is home to ten covered bridges that are still open to vehicular traffic. Two other bridges, both located in parks, are open only to non-vehicular traffic. All Bucks County bridges use the Town truss design. The Schofield Ford Bridge, in Tyler State Park, was reconstructed in 1997 from the ground up after arsonists destroyed the original in 1991.

Popular attractions in Bucks County include the shops and studios of New Hope

New Hope, Pennsylvania

New Hope, formerly known as Coryell's Ferry, is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA. The population was 2,528 at the 2010 census. The borough lies on the west bank of the Delaware River at its confluence with Aquetong Creek. A two-lane bridge carries automobile and foot traffic across the...

, Peddler's Village

Peddler's Village

Peddler's Village is a 42 acre 18th century style attraction in Bucks County, Pennsylvania featuring more than 70 shops and restaurants, a 70 room Inn and a Family Entertainment Center. It has festivals, craft competitions and an antique carousel. The destination is also used for weddings, holiday...

(in Lahaska

Lahaska, Pennsylvania

Lahaska is an unincorporated community in central Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. It lies just east of Buckingham and west of New Hope on Route 202. Lahaska is home to one of the most popular shopping areas in the region, Peddler's Village, as well as Buckingham Friends School, a...

), Washington Crossing Historic Park

Washington Crossing Historic Park

Washington Crossing Historic Park is a 500-acre site operated by The Friends Of Washington Crossing Historic Park. The park is headquartered in the village of Washington Crossing located in Upper Makefield Township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania...

, and Bucks County River Country. Rice's Market near Lahaska is a popular destination on Tuesday mornings. Quakertown

Quakertown, Pennsylvania

Quakertown is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 8,979. The borough is south of Bethlehem and north of Philadelphia, making Quakertown a border town of both the Delaware Valley and Lehigh Valley metropolitan areas...

Farmer's Market (locally called "Q-Mart") is a popular shopping destination on weekends. The county seat of Doylestown is also home to several points of interest for tourists, and also is home to Fordhook Farms, the famous trial farm of the Warminster-based Burpee Seeds

Burpee Seeds

Burpee Seeds, officially W. Atlee Burpee & Co., is a seed company that was founded by Washington Atlee Burpee in 1876.-History:The company first sold garden seeds, farm supplies, tools, poultry and hogs. The direction of the company began to change with the death of its founder in 1915 when his...

, which also serves as a bed & breakfast inn. Doylestown also has the trifecta of concrete structures built by Henry Chapman Mercer

Henry Chapman Mercer

Henry Chapman Mercer was an American archeologist, artifact collector, tile-maker and designer of three distinctive poured concrete structures: Fonthill, his home, the Moravian Pottery and Tile Works, and the Mercer Museum.-Early life and education:Henry Mercer was born in Doylestown,...

, including the Moravian Pottery and Tile Works

Moravian Pottery and Tile Works

The Moravian Pottery & Tile Works is a history museum located in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. It is maintained by the County of Bucks, Department of Parks and Recreation. The museum was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972, and was later included in a National...

, the Mercer Museum

Mercer Museum

The Mercer Museum is a museum located in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States, a suburb of Philadelphia. The Bucks County Historical Society operates the museum, as well as the Spruance Library and Fonthill, former home of the museum's founder, archeologist Henry Chapman Mercer...

and Fonthill

Fonthill (house)

Fonthill was the home of the American archeologist and tile maker Henry Chapman Mercer, in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Built between 1908 and 1912, it is an early example of poured-in-place concrete and features 44 rooms, over 200 windows, 18 fireplaces and 10 bathrooms...

, Mercer's personal home.

Southern Bucks (colloquially referred to as Lower Bucks) is home to two important shopping centers, Neshaminy Mall

Neshaminy Mall

The Neshaminy Mall is located at U.S. Route 1 & Bristol Road in Bensalem, Pennsylvania, United States. It was the sixth interior mall constructed in Greater Philadelphia and opened in 1968. It has four main anchors and over 120 smaller shops and eateries...

and Oxford Valley Mall

Oxford Valley Mall

The Oxford Valley Mall is a two-story shopping mall, owned by the Simon Property Group, that is located next to the popular amusement park Sesame Place in...

, and Sesame Place

Sesame Place

Sesame Place is an American theme park in Langhorne, Pennsylvania. It derives its theme from the Sesame Street television program and characters like Big Bird, Elmo, Cookie Monster, Ernie, and Bert. It includes a variety of rides, shows, and water attractions suited to very young children...

, a family theme park based on the Sesame Street

Sesame Street

Sesame Street has undergone significant changes in its history. According to writer Michael Davis, by the mid-1970s the show had become "an American institution". The cast and crew expanded during this time, including the hiring of women in the crew and additional minorities in the cast. The...

television series. Also within Lower Bucks County is the newly constructed Parx Casino

Philadelphia Park Racetrack

Parx Racing and Casino is a thoroughbred horse racetrack and racino in Bensalem, Pennsylvania. It currently houses 3,300 slot machines.-History:...

in Bensalem. The casino was built on the grounds of the Philadelphia Park Racetrack, a renowned horse-racing park. The complex includes the expansive casino, a dance club, and numerous dining options. The complex will soon include a shopping district, and 1200+ housing units. Parx is soon expected to rival the casinos in nearby Atlantic City.

Local publications include Bucks County Courier Times, The Intelligencer, The Advance of Bucks County, Bucks County Herald, Bucks County Town and Country Living, LifeStyle Magazine, Nouveau, and BUCKS Magazine.

Population growth

Growth began in the early 1950s, when William Levitt

William Levitt

chose Bucks County for his second "Levittown". Levitt bought hundreds of acres of woodlands and farmland, and constructed 17,000 homes and dozens of schools, parks, libraries, and shopping centers. By the time the project ended, the population of Levittown had swelled to almost 74,000 residents. At the time, only whites could buy homes. This rule however, was soon overturned. Other planned developments included Croydon

Croydon, Pennsylvania

Croydon is a census-designated place located in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census, the CDP had a total population of 9,950.- Law and government :...

and Fairless Hills. This rapid sprawl continued until the mid 1960s.

In the 1970s, a second growth spurt began. This time, developers took land in townships that were mostly untouched. These included Middletown

Middletown Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Middletown Township is a township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 45,436 at the 2010 census. Many sections of Levittown, Pennsylvania, are located in the southern end of the township...

, Lower Makefield Township

Lower Makefield Township, Pennsylvania

Lower Makefield Township is a township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA and usually referred to as "Yardley" due to the prominence of Yardley Borough in that area...

, Northampton Township

Northampton Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Northampton Township is a township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States, about 12 miles northeast of Philadelphia. The population was 39,726 at the 2010 census.-History:...

and Newtown Township

Newtown Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Newtown Township is a township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 19,299 at the 2010 census.-History:Newtown Township traces its roots back to William Penn, who purchased from the Lenni Lenape Indians in 1683. He named this land my "New Township", which gradually...

. Tract housing

Tract housing

Tract housing is a style of housing development in which multiple similar homes are built on a tract of land which is subdivided into individual small lots...

, office complexes, shopping centers, and sprawling parking lots continued to move more and more towards Upper Bucks, swallowing horse farms, sprawling forests, and wetlands. At this time, the Oxford Valley Mall

Oxford Valley Mall

The Oxford Valley Mall is a two-story shopping mall, owned by the Simon Property Group, that is located next to the popular amusement park Sesame Place in...

was constructed in Middletown, which would become the business nucleus of the county.

Growth has somewhat stabilized since the 1990s, with smaller increases and less development. However, the main reason for this is not a lack of population growth, but loss of land. Lower Bucks now lacks large parcels of land to develop. Smaller residential and commercial projects must now be constructed. However, redevelopment is now a leading coalition in Lower Bucks. Many areas along the Delaware River

Delaware River

The Delaware River is a major river on the Atlantic coast of the United States.A Dutch expedition led by Henry Hudson in 1609 first mapped the river. The river was christened the South River in the New Netherland colony that followed, in contrast to the North River, as the Hudson River was then...

have surpluses of abandoned industry, so many municipalities have granted building rights to luxury housing developers. Also, as the regions that began the suburban boom in Bucks, such as Levittown, begin to reach their 50th anniversaries, many commercial strips and other neglected structures are being torn down to be replaced with new shopping plazas and commercial chains. Also, with rising property values, areas with older construction are beginning to have a "rebirth". At the same time, Central and Upper Bucks are still seeing rapid growth, with many municipalities doubling their populations.

Fine and performing arts

Many artists and writers based in New York City

New York City

have called Bucks County home, settling mainly in the small stretch between Doylestown, Pennsylvania

Doylestown, Pennsylvania

Doylestown is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, north of Philadelphia. As of the 2010 census, the borough population was 8,380. The borough is the county seat of Bucks County.- History :...

and New Hope

New Hope, Pennsylvania

and along the Delaware River

Delaware River

. Notable residents have included Margaret Mead

Margaret Mead

Margaret Mead was an American cultural anthropologist, who was frequently a featured writer and speaker in the mass media throughout the 1960s and 1970s....

, Pearl S. Buck

Pearl S. Buck

Pearl Sydenstricker Buck also known by her Chinese name Sai Zhenzhu , was an American writer who spent most of her time until 1934 in China. Her novel The Good Earth was the best-selling fiction book in the U.S. in 1931 and 1932, and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1932...

, Oscar Hammerstein, II, Stephen Sondheim

Stephen Sondheim

Stephen Joshua Sondheim is an American composer and lyricist for stage and film. He is the winner of an Academy Award, multiple Tony Awards including the Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre, multiple Grammy Awards, a Pulitzer Prize and the Laurence Olivier Award...

, Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker

Charles Parker, Jr. , famously called Bird or Yardbird, was an American jazz saxophonist and composer....

, Moss Hart

Moss Hart

Moss Hart was an American playwright and theatre director, best known for his interpretations of musical theater on Broadway.-Early years:...

, James Michener, Dorothy Parker

Dorothy Parker

Dorothy Parker was an American poet, short story writer, critic and satirist, best known for her wit, wisecracks, and eye for 20th century urban foibles....

, S. J. Perelman

S. J. Perelman

Sidney Joseph Perelman, almost always known as S. J. Perelman , was an American humorist, author, and screenwriter. He is best known for his humorous short pieces written over many years for The New Yorker...

, Stan and Jan Berenstain

Stan and Jan Berenstain

Stan and Jan Berenstain were American writers and illustrators best known for creating the children's book series the Berenstain Bears....

, Alfred Bester

Alfred Bester

Alfred Bester was an American science fiction author, TV and radio scriptwriter, magazine editor and scripter for comic strips and comic books...

, Annie Haslam

Annie Haslam

Annie Haslam is an English progressive rock vocalist and songwriter.Originally a fashion student, she began studying under opera singer Sybil Knight in 1970 and developed her five-octave vocal range...

, and Jean Toomer

Jean Toomer

Jean Toomer was an American poet and novelist and an important figure of the Harlem Renaissance. His first book Cane is considered by many as his most significant.-Early life:...

. Bucks County is the home of writer/musician James McBride

James McBride (writer)

James McBride is an American writer and musician whose compositions have been recorded by a variety of other musicians.-Early life:McBride's father, the late Rev. Andrew D...

, Academy Award-winning film composer Joe Renzetti

Joe Renzetti

-Early life and education:Joseph Renzetti - Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaJoe Renzetti studied composing and orchestrating under Nicholas Flagello, NYC, Manhattan School of Music...

, musician Gene Ween

Gene Ween

Aaron Freeman , best known as Gene Ween, is a musician and a founding member of the experimental alternative rock group Ween...

of Ween

Ween

Ween is an American alternative rock group. They formed in 1984 in New Hope, Pennsylvania when central members Aaron Freeman and Mickey Melchiondo met in an eighth grade typing class. Ween has a large cult underground fanbase despite being generally unknown in American pop music...

, painter Christopher Wajda ; photographer Michael Barone

Michael Barone (photographer)

Michael Barone is a Bucks County, Pennsylvania art photographer who has been working in the medium since an Introduction to Photography course at the University of Delaware in the early 1980s. Barone's photographs of the nude form are often charged with social and political themes...

and was also home to furniture designer George Nakashima

George Nakashima

George Katsutoshi NakashimaGeorge Katsutoshi NakashimaGeorge Katsutoshi Nakashima( was a Japanese-American woodworker, architect, and furniture maker who was one of the leading innovators of 20th century furniture design and a father of the American craft movement...

. James Gould Cozzens

James Gould Cozzens

James Gould Cozzens was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist.He is often grouped today with his contemporaries John O'Hara and John P. Marquand, but his work is generally considered more challenging. Despite initial critical acclaim, his popularity came gradually...

lived in Lambertville, New Jersey

Lambertville, New Jersey

Lambertville is a city in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city population was 3,906.Lambertville was originally incorporated as a town by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 1, 1849, from portions of West Amwell Township...

, just across the river from Bucks County, used Doylestown

Doylestown, Pennsylvania

Doylestown is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, north of Philadelphia. As of the 2010 census, the borough population was 8,380. The borough is the county seat of Bucks County.- History :...

as the model for the setting of two novels, and is considered a Bucks County artist.

The county boasts many local theater companies, including the long-established Bucks County Playhouse

Bucks County Playhouse

The Bucks County Playhouse is the State Theater of Pennsylvania, and is located in New Hope, Pennsylvania.When the Hope Mills burnt in 1790, the grist mills were rebuilt as the New Hope Mills by Benjamin Parry. ....

in New Hope, Town and Country Players in Buckingham, PA and the Bristol Riverside Theatre, a professional Equity theater in Bristol.

The Wild River Review

Wild River Review

Wild River Review is an online magazine that publishes in-depth reporting, works of literature, art, visual art, reviews, interviews, and columns by and about contemporary artists, photographers, and writers. Founded in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, the magazine has been operating since 2006 under...

, an online magazine that publishes in-depth reporting, works of literature, art, visual art, reviews, interviews, and columns by and about contemporary artists, photographers, and writers, is based out of Doylestown.

Literature

The seemingly autobiographical novel The Fires of Spring

The Fires of Spring

The Fires of Spring is the second novel published by American author James A. Michener. Usually known for his multi-generational epics of historical fiction, The Fires of Spring was written as a partially autobiographical bildungsroman in which Michener's proxy, young orphan David Harper,...

by James Michener takes place in and around Doylestown.

Popular culture

Alecia Moore, more commonly known as Pink, was born in Doylestown as was motion picture writer and director, Stefan Avalos

Stefan Avalos

Stefan Avalos is an American musician and filmmaker.Avalos was trained as a classical violinist. As a violinist, he won major competitions and was a soloist with, among others, the Philadelphia Orchestra. He was touted as a child prodigy but by early high school, Avalos realized his true love was...

. Producer Samik Ganguly resides in Bucks County, as do two American Idol
American Idol
American Idol, titled American Idol: The Search for a Superstar for the first season, is a reality television singing competition created by Simon Fuller and produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment...

contestants: Justin Guarini

Justin Guarini

Justin Guarini is an American singer/songwriter and actor who rose to fame in 2002 as the first runner-up on the debut season of the television show American Idol.-Background:...

, who was born in Atlanta, but moved to Bucks County; and Anthony Fedorov

Anthony Fedorov

Anatoliy Vladimirovich "Anthony" Fedorov is an American singer who was the fourth place finalist on the fourth season of the American Idol.- Biography :...

, who was born in Ukraine and was from Trevose

Trevose, Pennsylvania

Trevose is a neighborhood of Bensalem and Lower Southampton in Pennsylvania, which is north of and borders northeastern Philadelphia. It shares a zip code with Feasterville-Trevose. It is not a municipality. U.S. 1 runs through the town as well as the Pennsylvania Turnpike, but Trevose's main road...

, in Lower Southampton Township

Lower Southampton Township, Pennsylvania

Lower Southampton Township is a township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 18,909 at the 2010 census.-Geography:...

. Singer/actress Irene Molloy

Irene Molloy

Irene Molloy is an American actress, singer and songwriter. A 1996 graduate of Archbishop Wood Catholic High School in Warminster, Pennsylvania, she has starred in Broadway musicals and dramas, television series and appeared in one movie.She starred in the TV series Andy Richter Controls the...

and classical tenor David Gordon

David Gordon (tenor)

David Gordon is an American concert and opera tenor, particularly noted as a Bach singer.He was born in Doylestown, Pennsylvania and trained at McGill University, the College of Wooster, and the Lyric Opera of Chicago where he made his debut in 1973...

were born in Doylestown

Doylestown, Pennsylvania

Doylestown is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, north of Philadelphia. As of the 2010 census, the borough population was 8,380. The borough is the county seat of Bucks County.- History :...

. Collin Anderson, a commercial actor who often works with M. Night Shyamalan, was born in Bensalem and now resides in Holland, Bucks County. Musician Asher Roth was born in Morrisville.

Film

M. Night Shyamalan

Manoj Nelliyattu Shyamalan,known professionally as M. Night Shyamalan, is an Indian-born American screenwriter, film director, and producer known for making movies with contemporary supernatural plots that climax with a twist ending. He is also known for filming his movies in and around...

's 2002 film Signs
Signs (film)
Signs is a 2002 American science fiction horror film directed by M. Night Shyamalan. It was adapted from a screenplay also written by Shyamalan. Executive producers for the film comprised Shyamalan, Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy and Sam Mercer. The story focuses on a former preacher named Graham...

, starring Mel Gibson

Mel Gibson

Mel Colm-Cille Gerard Gibson, AO is an American actor, film director, producer and screenwriter. Born in Peekskill, New York, Gibson moved with his parents to Sydney, Australia when he was 12 years old and later studied acting at the Australian National Institute of Dramatic Art.After appearing in...

, was filmed and takes place in Bucks County. The town scenes, in particular, were filmed on State Street in Newtown Borough

Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Newtown is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,248 at the 2010 census. It is located just west of the Trenton, New Jersey metropolitan area, and is part of the larger Philadelphia metropolitan area. It is entirely surrounded by Newtown Township, from which...

, the drugstore scene was filmed at Burns' Pharmacy on Pennsylvania Avenue in Morrisville

Morrisville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania

. The house was built on farmland privately owned and leased to Delaware Valley College

Delaware Valley College

Delaware Valley College is an independent, comprehensive, four-year residential institution in Doylestown, Pa. It enrolls 1,700 full-time undergraduates studying 25 majors. The campus sits on 574 lush acres of rolling green hills...

in Doylestown Township, Pennsylvania

Doylestown Township, Pennsylvania

Doylestown Township is a township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 17,565 at the 2010 census. Adjacent to the county seat, many county offices and the county correctional facility are located in this township.-Geography:...

. A stage set for some interior shots was created in a warehouse on State Road in Bensalem Township, Pennsylvania

Bensalem Township, Pennsylvania

Bensalem Township is a township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States which borders the northeast section of Philadelphia. The township is composed of many communities, including Bensalem, Trevose, Oakford, Cornwells Heights, Eddington, and Andalusia...

. Shyamalan's film, Lady in the Water, was shot across the street from the Bloomsdale

Levittown, Pennsylvania

section of Bristol Township

Bristol Township, Pennsylvania

Bristol Township is a township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 54,582 at the 2010 census, making it the 13th largest municipality in the state. Bristol Township, along with Bristol Borough, is a cultural hub for Lower Bucks County, hosting celebrations of African...

. In addition, Shyamalan's next film, The Happening
The Happening (2008 film)
The Happening is a 2008 science fiction thriller film written, co-produced and directed by M. Night Shyamalan that follows a woman, her husband, the husband's best friend, and the friend's daughter as they try to escape from an inexplicable natural disaster. The plot revolves around a mysterious...

, filmed in Upper Bucks County, including Plumsteadville. http://thehappeningmovie.blogspot.com/2007_09_16_archive.html http://www.mnightfans.com/party-too-was-a-real-happening/

With the exception of the Pine Barrens footage, all of The Last Broadcast was shot in Bucks County (though the name was changed).

A short scene from Stephen King

Stephen King

Stephen Edwin King is an American author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction and fantasy fiction. His books have sold more than 350 million copies and have been adapted into a number of feature films, television movies and comic books...

's The Stand
The Stand
The Stand is a post-apocalyptic horror/fantasy novel by American author Stephen King. It demonstrates the scenario in his earlier short story, Night Surf...

is based in Pipersville

Bedminster Township, Pennsylvania

Bedminster Township is a township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 6,574 at the 2010 census. Bedminster is part of Pennridge School District.-Geography:...

.

The producer Fred Bauer, the director Steve Rash and composer Joseph Renzetti of The Buddy Holly Story
The Buddy Holly Story
The film was adapted by Robert Gittler from Buddy Holly: His Life and Music, the biography of Holly by John Goldrosen. It was directed by Steve Rash.-Plot:...

all live in Bucks County, where the film was conceived, and written by Bob Gittler.

Although filmed in California

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

, one of Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg

Steven Allan Spielberg KBE is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, video game designer, and studio entrepreneur. In a career of more than four decades, Spielberg's films have covered many themes and genres. Spielberg's early science-fiction and adventure films were seen as an...

's earliest films, Something Evil
Something Evil
Something Evil is a 1972 horror television movie starring Sandy Dennis, Darren McGavin, and Ralph Bellamy.Directed by Steven Spielberg, the screenplay was written by Robert Clouse.-Synopsis:...

, is set in Bucks County.

The film Law Abiding Citizen
Law Abiding Citizen
Law Abiding Citizen is a 2009 thriller film directed by F. Gary Gray from a screenplay written by Kurt Wimmer, starring Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler. The film takes place in Philadelphia and tells the story of a man whose developed sociopathic tendencies drove him into killing while targeting not...

starring Gerard Butler

Gerard Butler

Gerard James Butler is a Scottish actor who has appeared on film, stage, and television. A trained lawyer, Butler turned to acting in the mid-1990s with small roles in productions such as the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies , which he followed with steady work on television, most notably in...

and Jamie Foxx

Jamie Foxx

Eric Marlon Bishop , professionally known as Jamie Foxx, is an American actor, singer-songwriter, stand-up comedian, and talk radio host. As an actor, his work in the film Ray earned him the Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Best Actor as well as the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a...

was filmed partially in New Hope

New Hope, Pennsylvania

.http://www.gerardbutler.net/news/news_main.php?Action=Full&NewsID=3885

The NBC pilot episode for Outlaw
Outlaw (TV series)
Outlaw is an American television series that was aired on the NBC network. The one-hour courtroom drama stars Jimmy Smits as a Supreme Court Justice who resigns from the bench to start his own law firm, as a way to more directly promote the ends of justice...

, starring Jimmy Smits

Jimmy Smits

Jimmy Smits is an American actor. Smits is perhaps best known for his roles as attorney Victor Sifuentes on the 1980s legal drama L.A. Law, as NYPD Detective Bobby Simone on the 1990s police drama NYPD Blue, and as Congressman Matt Santos on The West Wing...

filmed in the Andalusia

Andalusia, Pennsylvania

Andalusia is a historic neighborhood in Bensalem Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, bordering Philadelphia. The ZIP code is 19020. The area is the southernmost part of the township and of the county. Its boundaries are: Woodhaven Road to the northeast, the Delaware River to the east and south,...

section of Bensalem Township March 22–23, 2010.

The Discoverers filmed in a variety of locations in Bucks County, including Croydon, Bristol, Newtown, New Hope, and Tyler State Park.http://www.discoverersmovie.com/http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/michael_klein/20101017_Inqlings__Indie_film_bringing_yuks_to_Bucks.html

The upcoming film Safe, starring Jason Statham

Jason Statham

Jason Statham born 12 September1967) is an English actor and former diver, known for his roles in the Guy Ritchie crime films Revolver, Snatch and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels...

filmed at Parx Racing and Casino in Bensalem.http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/20101209_Inqlings__Tango_Traffic_green-lights_first_on-air_hires.html

Football

Buffalo Bills
Buffalo Bills
The Buffalo Bills are a professional football team based in Buffalo, New York. They are currently members of the East Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

free safety Bryan Scott
Bryan Scott
Bryan Anderson Scott is an American football safety for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League. He was originally drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the second round of the 2003 NFL Draft...

is a Bucks County native. He attended Central Bucks East High School.
Former Philadelphia Eagles
Philadelphia Eagles
The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...

and Miami Dolphins
Miami Dolphins
The Miami Dolphins are a Professional football team based in the Miami metropolitan area in Florida. The team is part of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

star Troy Vincent
Troy Vincent
Troy Darnell Vincent is a former Defensive Back for the Miami Dolphins, Philadelphia Eagles, Buffalo Bills and Washington Redskins of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Dolphins with the 7th overall pick in the 1992 NFL Draft. He played college football at Wisconsin.Mr...

resides in Lower Makefield
Lower Makefield Township, Pennsylvania
Lower Makefield Township is a township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA and usually referred to as "Yardley" due to the prominence of Yardley Borough in that area...

and attended Pennsbury High School
Pennsbury High School
Pennsbury High School is a public high school located in Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania, in the United States.With 3,591 students enrolled for the 2009-2010 school year, Pennsbury High School is the largest high school in Bucks County, and the teneth largest high school in the state of Pennsylvania...

.
Former Atlanta Falcons
Atlanta Falcons
The Atlanta Falcons are a professional American football team based in Atlanta, Georgia. They are a member of the South Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...

and Seattle Seahawks
Seattle Seahawks
The Seattle Seahawks are a professional American football team based in Seattle, Washington. They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team joined the NFL in 1976 as an expansion team...

defensive end
Defensive end
Defensive end is the name of a defensive position in the sport of American and Canadian football.This position has designated the players at each end of the defensive line, but changes in formations have substantially changed how the position is played over the years...

Patrick Kerney
Patrick Kerney
-Atlanta Falcons:Kerney was drafted as the thirtieth overall pick in the 1999 NFL Draft by the Atlanta Falcons, wearing the number 97 jersey. The Falcons signed Kerney to a 5-year $5.6 million contract. As a rookie, Kerney started two games and recorded 25 tackles and 2.5 sacks...

grew up in Newtown and attended Princeton Day School in New Jersey
Miami Dolphins running back
Running back
A running back is a gridiron football position, who is typically lined up in the offensive backfield. The primary roles of a running back are to receive handoffs from the quarterback for a rushing play, to catch passes from out of the backfield, and to block.There are usually one or two running...

Steve Slaton
Steve Slaton
Steve Slaton is an American football running back for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Houston Texans in the third round of the 2008 NFL Draft...

is from Levittown. He attended Conwell-Egan Catholic High School in Fairless Hills. He then went on to play at West Virginia
West Virginia Mountaineers football
The West Virginia Mountaineers football team represents West Virginia University in the NCAA FBS division of college football. Dana Holgorsen is the team's 33rd head coach. He has held the position since he was promoted in June 2011 after the resignation of Bill Stewart. The Mountaineers play their...

before going to the NFL.

Rugby League

The Bucks County Sharks rugby league

Rugby league

Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...

team played in the AMNRL from 1997 and stopped playing for the 2010 season. However they did play one game.
They are returning to play in the AMNRL in 2011.

Little League

The county has a considerable history of producing Little League

Little League

Little League Baseball and Softball is a non-profit organization in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania, United States which organizes local youth baseball and softball leagues throughout the U.S...

baseball contenders. Since its inception in 1947, four of the seven Pennsylvania teams to compete in the Little League World Series

Little League World Series

The Little League Baseball World Series is a baseball tournament for children aged 11 to 13 years old. It was originally called the National Little League Tournament and was later renamed for the World Series in Major League Baseball. It was first held in 1947 and is held every August in South...

in Williamsport, Pennsylvania

Williamsport, Pennsylvania

Williamsport is a city in and the county seat of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania in the United States. In 2009, the population was estimated at 29,304...

have come from Bucks County: Morrisville

Morrisville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania

(1955

1955 Little League World Series

The Little League World Series was held during August 1955 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Morrisville Little League of Morrisville, Pennsylvania defeated Delaware Township Little League of Merchantville, New Jersey in the championship game of the 9th Little League World...

), Levittown American

Levittown, Pennsylvania

(1960

1960 Little League World Series

-Winners bracket:-Consolation bracket:-External links:**...

and 1961

1961 Little League World Series

-Winners bracket:-Consolation bracket:-External links:**...

), and Council Rock-Newtown

Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania

(2005

2005 Little League World Series

-Pool play:The top two teams in each pool moved on to their respective semifinals. The winners of each met on August 28 to play for the Little League world championship.-All times US EDT-International:All times US EDT:Elimination round...

). Two of these squads, Morrisville and Levittown (1960), went on to win the World Series title. In 2007, Council Rock Northampton won the PA State championship, and lost in the finals of regionals.

American Legion Baseball

Bristol Legion Post 382 recently won the 2011 American Legion State Championship.

Horse racing

Philadelphia Park Racetrack
Philadelphia Park Racetrack
Parx Racing and Casino is a thoroughbred horse racetrack and racino in Bensalem, Pennsylvania. It currently houses 3,300 slot machines.-History:...

, formerly the home of Triple Crown
Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
The Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing consists of three races for three-year-old Thoroughbred horses. Winning all three of these Thoroughbred horse races is considered the greatest accomplishment of a Thoroughbred racehorse...

contender Smarty Jones
Smarty Jones
Smarty Jones is a thoroughbred race horse, and winner of the 2004 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes. He finished second in the Belmont Stakes that took place on June 5th, 2004....

, is in Bensalem.

Pennsylvania state parks

There are six commonwealth

Commonwealth

Commonwealth is a traditional English term for a political community founded for the common good. Historically, it has sometimes been synonymous with "republic."More recently it has been used for fraternal associations of some sovereign nations...

-owned parks in Bucks County:

Five are owned and operated by the Pennsylvania Bureau of State Parks
Pennsylvania Bureau of State Parks
The Pennsylvania Bureau of State Parks is an agency of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania that manages and operates the state park system of the state. The agency is part of the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources .-External links:...

, part of the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources , established on July 1, 1995, is the agency in the U.S. State of Pennsylvania responsible for maintaining and preserving the state's 117 state parks and 20 state forests; providing information on the state's natural resources; and...

(DCNR).
- Delaware Canal State Park
  Delaware Canal State Park
  Delaware Canal State Park is a Pennsylvania state park in Bucks and Northampton Counties in Pennsylvania in the United States. The main attraction of the park is the Delaware Canal, which at is the only canal that remains fully intact from the towpath canal-building days of the 19th century...
- Neshaminy State Park
  Neshaminy State Park
  Neshaminy State Park is a Pennsylvania state park in Bensalem Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania in the United States. Visitors to the park can catch a glimpse of the Philadelphia skyline from a hiking trail on Logan Point. The park is located at the confluence of Neshaminy Creek and the...
- Nockamixon State Park
- Ralph Stover State Park
  Ralph Stover State Park
  Ralph Stover State Park is a Pennsylvania state park on in Plumstead and Tinicum Townships, Bucks County, Pennsylvania in the United States. It is a very popular destination for whitewater kayaking on Tohickon Creek and rock climbing on High Rocks...
- Tyler State Park

Bucks County Parks and Recreation operates a 18 bed youth hostel
Hostel
Hostels provide budget oriented, sociable accommodation where guests can rent a bed, usually a bunk bed, in a dormitory and share a bathroom, lounge and sometimes a kitchen. Rooms can be mixed or single-sex, although private rooms may also be available...

in the Nockamixon State Park Weisel estate. The hostel is part of Hostelling International
Hostelling International
Hostelling International, formerly known as International Youth Hostel Federation , is the federation of more than 90 national youth hostel associations in more than 80 countries who have over 4,500 affiliated hostels around the world....

USA.

Washington Crossing Historic Park
Washington Crossing Historic Park
Washington Crossing Historic Park is a 500-acre site operated by The Friends Of Washington Crossing Historic Park. The park is headquartered in the village of Washington Crossing located in Upper Makefield Township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania...

is a 500 acres (2 km²) site operated by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission is the governmental agency of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania responsible for the collection, conservation and interpretation of Pennsylvania's historic heritage...

that is part of Washington's Crossing
Washington's Crossing
Washington's Crossing is a Pulitzer Prize winning book written by David Hackett Fischer and part of the "Pivotal Moments in American History" series...

, a U.S. National Historic Landmark
National Historic Landmark
A National Historic Landmark is a building, site, structure, object, or district, that is officially recognized by the United States government for its historical significance...

area. The park is headquartered in the village of Washington Crossing
Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania
Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania, is a small unincorporated village located in Upper Makefield Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, with a zip code of 18977. Formerly known as "Taylorsville," it is most famous for Washington's crossing of the Delaware River on Christmas of 1776 during the...

located in Upper Makefield Township
Upper Makefield Township, Pennsylvania
Upper Makefield Township is a township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 8,190 at the 2010 census.-Geography:...

. It marks the location of where George Washington crossed the Delaware River during the American Revolutionary War
American Revolutionary War
The American Revolutionary War , the American War of Independence, or simply the Revolutionary War, began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen British colonies in North America, and ended in a global war between several European great powers.The war was the result of the...

.

County parks

Core Creek Park
Core Creek Park
Core Creek Park, a county park within Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It sits within Middletown Township on . The park surrounds Lake Luxembourg. The park opens at dawn and closes at dusk.-Recreation:...
Dark Hollow Park
Lake Towhee Park
Peace Valley Park
Peace Valley Park
Peace Valley Park is a 1,500 acre park located near Doylestown, Pennsylvania. It is part of the Bucks County Park System. The park surrounds Lake Galena, a lake created by the damming of the north branch of the Neshaminy Creek.-Activities:...
Playwicki Park
Ringing Rocks Park
Silver Lake Park
Tinicum Park
Tinicum Park
Tinicum Park is a park in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It is located on River Road in Erwinna, Pennsylvania.-External links:** on Bucks County.org...
Tohickon Valley Park
Bucks County Horse Park

Historic properties

County owned
- Moravian Pottery and Tile Works
  Moravian Pottery and Tile Works
  The Moravian Pottery & Tile Works is a history museum located in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. It is maintained by the County of Bucks, Department of Parks and Recreation. The museum was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972, and was later included in a National...
- Stover-Myers Mill
  Stover-Myers Mill
  The Stover-Myers Mill is a watermill located on the Tohickon Creek in Bedminster Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The mill was built around 1800 and operated continuously until 1955. The mill was built by Jacob Stover and it used a...
  
  ; Erwin Stover House
Moland House
Moland House
Moland House is an old stone farmhouse built around 1750, by John Moland , a prominent Philadelphia and Bucks County lawyer. Although physically located in Hartsville, Warwick Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, its mailing address is in Warminster Township, Pennsylvania...

an old stone farmhouse built around 1750 located in Warwick Township, and served as the headquarters for General George Washington during the American Revolutionary War from August 10, 1777 until August 23, 1777.
Pennsbury Manor
Pennsbury Manor
Pennsbury Manor, an estate in Falls Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, was the American home of William Penn, founder and first Governor of Pennsylvania. The property was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 28, 1969.-History:...

house and grounds, the American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

home of William Penn
William Penn
William Penn was an English real estate entrepreneur, philosopher, and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania, the English North American colony and the future Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. He was an early champion of democracy and religious freedom, notable for his good relations and successful...

, founder and first Governor of Pennsylvania, administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission in association with The Pennsbury Society and are open to the public.

County nature centers

Churchville Nature Center
Nature center
A nature center is an organization with a visitor center or interpretive center designed to educate people about nature and the environment. Usually located within a protected open space, nature centers often have trails through their property. Some are located within a state or city park, and...
Peace Valley Nature Center
Silver Lake Nature Center

Airports

Public airports administered by the Bucks County Airport Authority;
- Doylestown Airport
  Doylestown Airport
  Doylestown Airport is a public use airport located in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States and owned by the Bucks County Airport Authority. It is two nautical miles north of the central business district of Doylestown, Pennsylvania...
- Quakertown Airport
  Quakertown Airport
  Quakertown Airport is a public use airport located in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States and owned by the Bucks County Airport Authority. It is two nautical miles west of the central business district of Quakertown, Pennsylvania. The airport was dedicated on January 22, 1965...
- Van Sant Airport and Park
  Van Sant Airport
  Vansant Airport or Van Sant Airport is a public use airport located in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States and owned by the Bucks County Airport Authority...
  
  , formerly owned and administered by the Bucks County Department of Parks and Recreation

Private Airports
- Pennridge Airport
  Pennridge Airport
  Pennridge Airport is a public use airport located one nautical mile north of the central business district of Perkasie, a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is privately owned by Pennridge Development Ent., Inc. The airport is situated in East Rockhill Township.The airport...
- Sterling Aviation Heliport

Public Transportation

SEPTA – only parts of SE Bucks County
RUSHBUS – only parts of South and Central Bucks County
Bucks County Transport or BCT – a paratransit
Paratransit
Paratransit is an alternative mode of flexible passenger transportation that does not follow fixed routes or schedules. Typically mini-buses are used to provide paratransit service, but also share taxis and jitneys are important providers....

and shared ride service

Politics

**Presidential election results**
Year	Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
2008 United States presidential election, 2008 The United States presidential election of 2008 was the 56th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on November 4, 2008. Democrat Barack Obama, then the junior United States Senator from Illinois, defeated Republican John McCain, the senior U.S. Senator from Arizona. Obama received 365...	45.2% 149,860	53.7% 178,345
2004 United States presidential election, 2004 The United States presidential election of 2004 was the United States' 55th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 2, 2004. Republican Party candidate and incumbent President George W. Bush defeated Democratic Party candidate John Kerry, the then-junior U.S. Senator...	48.0% 154,469	51.2% 163,438
2000 United States presidential election, 2000 The United States presidential election of 2000 was a contest between Republican candidate George W. Bush, then-governor of Texas and son of former president George H. W. Bush , and Democratic candidate Al Gore, then-Vice President....	46.3% 121,927	50.5% 132,914
1996 United States presidential election, 1996 The United States presidential election of 1996 was a contest between the Democratic national ticket of President Bill Clinton of Arkansas and Vice President Al Gore of Tennessee and the Republican national ticket of former Senator Bob Dole of Kansas for President and former Housing Secretary Jack...	41.8% 94,899	45.5% 103,313
1992 United States presidential election, 1992 The United States presidential election of 1992 had three major candidates: Incumbent Republican President George Bush; Democratic Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton, and independent Texas businessman Ross Perot....	38.1% 94,584	39.4% 97,902
1988 United States presidential election, 1988 The United States presidential election of 1988 featured no incumbent president, as President Ronald Reagan was unable to seek re-election after serving the maximum two terms allowed by the Twenty-second Amendment. Reagan's Vice President, George H. W. Bush, won the Republican nomination, while the...	60.0% 127,563	38.8% 82,472
1984 United States presidential election, 1984 The United States presidential election of 1984 was a contest between the incumbent President Ronald Reagan, the Republican candidate, and former Vice President Walter Mondale, the Democratic candidate. Reagan was helped by a strong economic recovery from the deep recession of 1981–1982...	63.3% 130,119	36.2% 74,568
1980 United States presidential election, 1980 The United States presidential election of 1980 featured a contest between incumbent Democrat Jimmy Carter and his Republican opponent, Ronald Reagan, as well as Republican Congressman John B. Anderson, who ran as an independent...	55.5% 100,536	32.6% 59,120
1976 United States presidential election, 1976 The United States presidential election of 1976 followed the resignation of President Richard Nixon in the wake of the Watergate scandal. It pitted incumbent President Gerald Ford, the Republican candidate, against the relatively unknown former governor of Georgia, Jimmy Carter, the Democratic...	50.7% 85,628	47.3% 79,838
1972 United States presidential election, 1972 The United States presidential election of 1972 was the 47th quadrennial United States presidential election. It was held on November 7, 1972. The Democratic Party's nomination was eventually won by Senator George McGovern, who ran an anti-war campaign against incumbent Republican President Richard...	62.3% 99,684	35.5% 56,784
1968 United States presidential election, 1968 The United States presidential election of 1968 was the 46th quadrennial United States presidential election. Coming four years after Democrat Lyndon B. Johnson won in a historic landslide, it saw Johnson forced out of the race and Republican Richard Nixon elected...	48.6% 69,646	40.2% 57,634
1964 United States presidential election, 1964 The United States presidential election of 1964 was held on November 3, 1964. Incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson had come to office less than a year earlier following the assassination of his predecessor, John F. Kennedy. Johnson, who had successfully associated himself with Kennedy's...	38.9% 50,243	60.6% 78,287
1960 United States presidential election, 1960 The United States presidential election of 1960 was the 44th American presidential election, held on November 8, 1960, for the term beginning January 20, 1961, and ending January 20, 1965. The incumbent president, Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower, was not eligible to run again. The Republican Party...	54.0% 67,501	45.7% 57,177

As of January 2010, there are 430,557 registered voters in Bucks County http://www.dos.state.pa.us/elections/lib/elections/055_voter_registration_statistics/currentstats/currentvotestats.xls.

Democratic
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

: 191,567 (44.49%)
Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

: 176,517 (41.00%)
Other Parties: 62,473 (14.51%)

Like Pennsylvania at large, Bucks County is regarded as a swing vote

Swing vote

Swing vote is a term used to describe a vote that may go to any of a number of candidates in an election, or, in a two-party system, may go to either of the two dominant political parties...

in major elections. Democratic registration there overtook the Republicans in early 2008. All four statewide winners (Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...

for President, Rob McCord for Treasurer, Jack Wagner

Jack Wagner (politician)

Jack E. Wagner is the current auditor general of Pennsylvania. The statewide elected office is charged with serving as the commonwealth’s independent fiscal monitor...

for Auditor General, and Tom Corbett

Tom Corbett

Thomas W. Corbett is the 46th and current Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States. He is a former Attorney General of Pennsylvania and was elected to that office in 2004 and reelected in 2008...

for Attorney General) carried Bucks in November 2008.

Bucks County was once a safeguard for the Republican Party

Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

, and although politically the county has diversified, Republicans still control most of the offices at local levels of government. County Republicans tend to hold moderate positions on environmental and social issues while advocating fiscal restraint.

Bucks County is represented in U.S. Congress by 8th Congressional district (map). While concerns about gerrymandering

Gerrymandering

In the process of setting electoral districts, gerrymandering is a practice that attempts to establish a political advantage for a particular party or group by manipulating geographic boundaries to create partisan, incumbent-protected districts...

are on the rise, the 8th District remains one of the few districts in the United States that is almost fully made up by a single county. Since 2002, however, the 8th District has included small portions of neighboring Montgomery

Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

and Philadelphia counties.

County commissioners

Charles Martin, Chairman, Republican
Robert G. Loughery, Republican
Diane Ellis-Marseglia, Democrat

Other county offices

Clerk of Courts, Mary Smithson, Republican
Comptroller
Comptroller
A comptroller is a management level position responsible for supervising the quality of accounting and financial reporting of an organization.In British government, the Comptroller General or Comptroller and Auditor General is in most countries the external auditor of the budget execution of the...

, Ray McHugh, Republican
Coroner
Coroner
A coroner is a government official who* Investigates human deaths* Determines cause of death* Issues death certificates* Maintains death records* Responds to deaths in mass disasters* Identifies unknown dead* Other functions depending on local laws...

, Joseph Campbell, Republican
District Attorney
District attorney
In many jurisdictions in the United States, a District Attorney is an elected or appointed government official who represents the government in the prosecution of criminal offenses. The district attorney is the highest officeholder in the jurisdiction's legal department and supervises a staff of...

, David Heckler
David Heckler
David W. Heckler is a former Republican member of the Pennsylvania State Senate, serving from 1993 to 1997. He also served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. In 2009, Heckler was elected District Attorney of Bucks County....

, Republican
Prothonotary
Prothonotary
The word prothonotary is recorded in English since 1447, as "principal clerk of a court," from L.L. prothonotarius , from Greek protonotarios "first scribe," originally the chief of the college of recorders of the court of the Byzantine Empire, from Greek protos "first" + Latin notarius ; the -h-...

, Patricia Bachtle, Republican
Recorder of Deeds
Recorder of deeds
Recorder of deeds is a government office tasked with maintaining public records and documents, especially records relating to real estate ownership that provide persons other than the owner of a property with real rights over that property.-Background:...

, open
Registrar of Wills, Barbara Reilly, Republican
Sheriff
Sheriffs in the United States
In the United States, a sheriff is a county official and is typically the top law enforcement officer of a county. Historically, the sheriff was also commander of the militia in that county. Distinctive to law enforcement in the United States, sheriffs are usually elected. The political election of...

, Edward "Duke" Donnelly, Republican
Treasurer
Treasurer
A treasurer is the person responsible for running the treasury of an organization. The adjective for a treasurer is normally "tresorial". The adjective "treasurial" normally means pertaining to a treasury, rather than the treasurer.-Government:...

, William Snyder, Republican

Pennsylvania State Senate

Robert M. Tomlinson, Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

, Pennsylvania's 6th Senatorial District
Chuck McIlhinney
Charles T. McIlhinney Jr.
Charles T. "Chuck" McIlhinney, Jr. is a Republican member of the Pennsylvania State Senate, representing the 10th District since 2007. Previously he was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1998 through 2006...

, Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

, Pennsylvania's 10th Senatorial District
Stewart J. Greenleaf, Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

, Pennsylvania's 12th Senatorial District
Bob Mensch
Bob Mensch
Robert "Bob" Mensch is a Republican politician. He is a former member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, where he represented the 147th legislative district. He was first elected in 2006 to succeed the retiring Raymond Bunt, Jr..Mensch attended Valley Forge Military Academy and College...

, Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

, Pennsylvania's 24th Senatorial District

Pennsylvania House of Representatives

Gene DiGirolamo
Gene DiGirolamo
Gene D. DiGirolamo is a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 18th District and first elected in 1995.-Career:...

, Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

, Pennsylvania's 18th Representative District
Bernard T. O'Neill, Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

, Pennsylvania's 29th Representative District
Steve Santarsiero
Steve Santarsiero
Steve Santarsiero is a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.-External links:* official PA House website* official Party website...

, Democrat
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

, Pennsylvania's 31st Representative District
John Galloway
John Galloway
John T. Galloway is a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, representing the 140th state legislative district since 2007. His district includes parts of Bucks County....

, Democrat
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

, Pennsylvania's 140th Representative District
Tina Davis, Democrat
Democratic Party (United States)
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, Pennsylvania's 141st Representative District
Frank Farry
Frank Farry
Frank Farry was elected to represent the 142nd Legislative District in November 2008. He has been appointed to serve on the House Consumer Affairs, Intergovernmental Affairs, Labor Relations, Urban Affairs, and Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committees.-Career:Before his election to...

, Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

, Pennsylvania's 142nd Representative District
Marguerite Quinn
Marguerite Quinn
Marguerite Corr Quinn is a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, representing the 143rd legislative district. She was first elected in 2006....

, Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

, Pennsylvania's 143rd Representative District
Katharine M. Watson, Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

, Pennsylvania's 144th Representative District
Paul Clymer
Paul Clymer
Paul Irvin Clymer is a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, where he represents the 145th Legislative District in Bucks County. He first served in this office in 1980 and has been elected continually since that time....

, Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

, Pennsylvania's 145th Representative District
Scott A. Petri, Republican
Republican Party (United States)
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, Pennsylvania's 178th Representative District

United States House of Representatives

Mike Fitzpatrick
Mike Fitzpatrick
Michael G. "Mike" Fitzpatrick is the U.S. Representative for . He is a member of the Republican Party. He was reelected to Congress in 2010, and previously represented the district from 2005 to 2007, but lost to Patrick Murphy in 2006....

, Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

, Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district
Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district
The 8th Pennsylvania Congressional District serves Bucks County, along with a small portion of Montgomery County and Northeast Philadelphia, in Pennsylvania...

United States Senate

Pat Toomey
Pat Toomey
Patrick Joseph "Pat" Toomey, Sr. is the junior United States Senator for Pennsylvania and a member of the Republican Party. Previously, Toomey served as a U.S. Representative for three terms, but did not seek a fourth in compliance with a pledge he had made while running for office in 1998...

, Republican
Republican Party (United States)
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Bob Casey
Bob Casey, Jr.
Robert Patrick "Bob" Casey, Jr. is the senior U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania and a member of the Democratic Party. He previously served as Pennsylvania Treasurer, and Pennsylvania Auditor General. He is the son of former Governor Bob Casey, Sr..He is the first Democrat elected to a full term in...

, Democrat
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

Demographics

As of the 2010 census, there were 625,249 people. The population density

Population density

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was 1,034.7 people per square mile. The racial makeup of the county was 89.2% White

Race (United States Census)

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the Federal Office of Management and Budget and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...

, 3.6% Black

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or African American

Race (United States Census)

, 0.2% Native American

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, 3.8% Asian

Race (United States Census)

, 0.0% Pacific Islander

Race (United States Census)

, 1.7% were two or more races, and 1.5% were of other races

Race (United States Census)

. 4.3% of the population were Hispanic

Race (United States Census)

or Latino

Race (United States Census)

of any race.
As of the census

Census

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of 2000, there were 218,725 households, and 160,981 families residing in the county. There were 225,498 housing units at an average density of 371 per square mile (143/km²).20.1% were of German, 19.1% Irish

Irish people

The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...

, 14.0% Italian

Italian people

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, 7.5% English

English people

The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...

and 5.9% Polish ancestry according to Census 2000.

There were 218,725 households out of which 35.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.20% were married couples

Marriage

Marriage is a social union or legal contract between people that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged in a variety of ways, depending on the culture or subculture in which it is found...

living together, 8.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.40% were non-families. 21.50% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.69 and the average family size was 3.17.

In the county, the population was spread out with 25.70% under the age of 18, 7.00% from 18 to 24, 30.70% from 25 to 44, 24.30% from 45 to 64, and 12.40% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 96.30 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.40 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $59,727, and the median income for a family was $68,727 (these figures had risen to $71,161 and $86,493 respectively as of a 2007 estimate). Males had a median income of $46,587 versus $31,984 for females. The per capita income

Per capita income

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for the county was $27,430. About 3.10% of families and 4.50% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.80% of those under age 18 and 5.50% of those age 65 or over.

Like the rest of the Philadelphia region, Bucks County has experienced a rapid increase of immigrants since the 2000 census. Known for its very large and established Eastern European population, most notably the Russian community, but also for its Ukrainian and Polish communities, Bucks County is now seeing a rapid surge of other immigrant groups. A 2005 population estimate of Bucks, showed that the Indian

Indian American

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and Mexican

Mexican people

Mexican people refers to all persons from Mexico, a multiethnic country in North America, and/or who identify with the Mexican cultural and/or national identity....

populations have already doubled since 2000. Bucks county is one of only two counties in Pennsylvania where Mexicans are the largest Hispanic community, the other being Montgomery county. Other fast-growing non-European ethnic groups include Chinese

Chinese American

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, Cubans

Cuban American

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, Koreans

Korean American

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, Palestinians, Puerto Ricans and Turks

Turkish people

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. European and Middle-Eastern immigrants such as Russians

Russians

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, Armenians

Armenians

Armenian people or Armenians are a nation and ethnic group native to the Armenian Highland.The largest concentration is in Armenia having a nearly-homogeneous population with 97.9% or 3,145,354 being ethnic Armenian....

, and Israelis also saw significant increases. Bucks County also is home to large and very prominent Roman Catholic and Jewish populations.

Municipalities

Under Pennsylvania law, there are four types of incorporated municipalities: cities, boroughs, townships, and, in at most two cases, towns. The most populous borough in the county is Morrisville with 10,023 as of the 2000 census. The following boroughs and townships are located in Bucks County:

Boroughs

Bristol
Bristol, Pennsylvania
Bristol is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, northeast of Philadelphia opposite Burlington, N.J. on the Delaware River. Bristol was first incorporated in 1720. Although its charter was revised in 1905, the original charter remains in effect, making Bristol one of the older boroughs in...
Chalfont
Chalfont, Pennsylvania
Chalfont is a home rule municipality located in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,009 at the 2010 census.Chalfont is named after Chalfont St Giles in Buckinghamshire, England...
Doylestown
Doylestown, Pennsylvania
Doylestown is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, north of Philadelphia. As of the 2010 census, the borough population was 8,380. The borough is the county seat of Bucks County.- History :...
Dublin
Dublin, Pennsylvania
Dublin is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,158 at the 2010 census. Dublin is part of Pennridge School District.-Geography:Dublin is located at ....
Hulmeville
Hulmeville, Pennsylvania
Hulmeville is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,003 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Hulmeville is located at ....
Ivyland
Ivyland, Pennsylvania
Ivyland is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is known as one of the finest collections of Victorian Buildings in the state and most of it is on the National Register of Historic Places...
Langhorne
Langhorne, Pennsylvania
Langhorne is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,622 at the 2010 census.The name "Langhorne" is used broadly to describe the majority of surrounding Middletown Township, which for the most part uses Langhorne's zip code of 19047...
Langhorne Manor
Langhorne Manor, Pennsylvania
Langhorne Manor is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,422 at the 2010 census, a 55.6% increase from the 2000 census...
Morrisville
Morrisville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Morrisville is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 8,728 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Morrisville is located at . It is situated on the Delaware River directly across from Trenton, New Jersey...
New Britain
New Britain, Pennsylvania
New Britain is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,152 at the 2010 census.-Geography:New Britain is located at ....
New Hope
New Hope, Pennsylvania
New Hope, formerly known as Coryell's Ferry, is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA. The population was 2,528 at the 2010 census. The borough lies on the west bank of the Delaware River at its confluence with Aquetong Creek. A two-lane bridge carries automobile and foot traffic across the...
Newtown
Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Newtown is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,248 at the 2010 census. It is located just west of the Trenton, New Jersey metropolitan area, and is part of the larger Philadelphia metropolitan area. It is entirely surrounded by Newtown Township, from which...

Penndel

Penndel, Pennsylvania

Penndel is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,328 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Penndel is located at ....

Perkasie

Perkasie, Pennsylvania

Perkasie is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, north of Philadelphia. Establishments in the borough early in the twentieth century included silk mills, baseballs, brickyards, lumber mills, tile works, a stone crusher, and manufacturies of cigars, tags and labels, wire novelties, etc. The...

Quakertown

Quakertown, Pennsylvania

Richlandtown

Richlandtown, Pennsylvania

Richlandtown is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,327 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Richlandtown is located at...

Riegelsville

Riegelsville, Pennsylvania

Riegelsville is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 868 at the 2010 census.-History:Benjamin Riegel founded Riegelsville. The original, and now historic, that he built in 1838 still stands. This historic stone inn has offered food and lodging to Bucks County...

Sellersville

Sellersville, Pennsylvania

Sellersville is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,249 at the 2010 census. Sellersville is part of Pennridge School District.-Geography:Sellersville is located at ....

Silverdale

Silverdale, Pennsylvania

Silverdale is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania in the USA. The population was 871 at the 2010 census. Silverdale is part of Pennridge School District.-Geography:Silverdale is located at ....

Telford

Telford, Pennsylvania

Telford is a borough in Bucks and Montgomery counties in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The population was 4,872 at the time of the 2010 census.- History :...

(lies partly in Montgomery County

Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

)

Trumbauersville

Trumbauersville, Pennsylvania

Trumbauersville is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 974 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Trumbauersville is located at ....

Tullytown

Tullytown, Pennsylvania

Tullytown is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,872 at the 2010 census. Part of Levittown is located in Tullytown.-Geography:Tullytown is located at ....

Yardley

Yardley, Pennsylvania

Yardley is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The small community of Yardley is bordered by the Delaware River and Ewing, New Jersey on the east, and by Lower Makefield Township on the north, west, and south...

Townships

Bedminster Township
Bensalem Township
Bridgeton Township
Bristol Township
Buckingham Township
Buckingham Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Buckingham Township is a township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 20,075 at the 2010 census. Buckingham takes its name from Buckingham in Buckinghamshire known as Bucks County in England...
Doylestown Township
Durham Township
East Rockhill Township

Falls Township

Falls Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Haycock Township

Hilltown Township

Lower Makefield Township

Lower Southampton Township

Middletown Township

Middletown Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Milford Township

Milford Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Milford Township is a township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 9,902 at the 2010 census. It is home to the Quakertown interchange of the Northeast Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike.-Geography:...

New Britain Township

Newtown Township

Newtown Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Nockamixon Township

Northampton Township

Northampton Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Northampton Township is a township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States, about 12 miles northeast of Philadelphia. The population was 39,726 at the 2010 census.-History:...

Plumstead Township

Richland Township

Richland Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Richland Township is a township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 11,100 at the 2010 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 20.5 square miles , of which, 20.5 square miles of it is land and...

Solebury Township

Springfield Township

Springfield Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Springfield Township is a township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 5,035 at the 2010 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 30.8 square miles , all of it land...

Tinicum Township

Tinicum Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Tinicum Township is a township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,995 at the 2010 census.The Uhlerstown-Frenchtown Bridge, a free Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission bridge over the Delaware River, connects Uhlerstown to Frenchtown in Hunterdon County, New...

Upper Makefield Township

Upper Southampton Township

Warminster Township

Warrington Township

Warrington Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Warrington Township is a township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 23,418 at the 2010 census.-History:Warrington Township was founded in October 1734, and is named after a town in Lancashire, England...

Warwick Township

Warwick Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Warwick Township is a township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 14,437 at the 2010 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 11.1 square miles , all of it land. It is drained by the Delaware River via the...

West Rockhill Township

Wrightstown Township

Census-designated places

Census-designated place

A census-designated place is a concentration of population identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes. CDPs are delineated for each decennial census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places such as cities, towns and villages...

s are geographical areas designated by the U.S. Census Bureau

United States Census Bureau

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for the purposes of compiling demographic data. They are not actual jurisdictions under Pennsylvania law. Other unincorporated communities, such as villages, may be listed here as well.

Brittany Farms-The Highlands
Churchville
Churchville, Pennsylvania
Churchville is a census-designated place in Northampton Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,128 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Churchville is located at ....
Cornwells Heights-Eddington
Cornwells Heights-Eddington, Pennsylvania
Cornwells Heights-Eddington is a census-designated place in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,406 at the 2000 census....
Croydon
Croydon, Pennsylvania
Croydon is a census-designated place located in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census, the CDP had a total population of 9,950.- Law and government :...
Erwinna
Erwinna, Pennsylvania
Erwinna is an unincorporated community in Tinicum Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States, with a zip code of 18920. It is located approximately 40 miles north of Center City Philadelphia and has an area code of 610 It is named after Colonel Arthur Erwin , who was a leader in the Bucks...
Fairless Hills
Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania
Fairless Hills is a census-designated place in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 8,466 at the 2010 census.-History:...
Fallsington
Fallsington, Pennsylvania
Fallsington is an unincorporated community in Falls Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States.-Geography:The latitude of Fallsington is 40.187N. The longitude is -74.819W.It is in the Eastern Standard time zone. Elevation is .-History:...
Feasterville-Trevose
Feasterville-Trevose, Pennsylvania
Feasterville-Trevose is a former census-designated place in Lower Southampton Township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The population was 6,525 at the 2000 census. The ZIP code is 19053. The area has been separated into two CDPs in the 2010 census....
Levittown
Levittown, Pennsylvania
Levittown is a census-designated place and planned community in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States, within the Philadelphia metropolitan area. The population was 52,983 at the 2010 census. It is above sea level...
Newtown Grant
Newtown Grant, Pennsylvania
Newtown Grant is a census-designated place in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,620 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Newtown Grant is located at ....

Richboro

Richboro, Pennsylvania

Richboro is a census-designated place in Northampton Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 6,563 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Richboro is located at ....

Southampton

Southampton, Pennsylvania

Southampton, Pennsylvania is an unincorporated community in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, situated in the South-Eastern tip of Bucks County.Southampton is located 18 miles North, from the center of Philadelphia....

Uhlerstown

Uhlerstown, Pennsylvania

Uhlerstown, Pennsylvania is an unincorporated community in Tinicum Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, along Pennsylvania Route 32 . It is served by the 18920 Zip code.Uhlerstown is one of the many Delaware River communities in the county...

Upper Black Eddy

Upper Black Eddy, Pennsylvania

The village of Upper Black Eddy aka "UBE" is located in northern Bucks County, Pennsylvania who have second homes here due to the early american 18th and 19th century charm, rural character of the area and short distance from the "City" located only 58 miles to the east.Upper Black Eddy...

Village Shires

Village Shires, Pennsylvania

Village Shires is a community within Northampton Township, Bucks County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It is defined by the U.S. Census Bureau as a census-designated place for statistical purposes and does not have any legal status as a separately incorporated municipality...

Warminster Heights

Warminster Heights, Pennsylvania

Warminster Heights is a census-designated place and part of Warminster Township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA. It is located near the east border of Hatboro, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The population was 4,124 at the 2010 census...

Woodbourne

Woodbourne, Pennsylvania

Woodbourne is a census-designated place in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,851 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Woodbourne is located at ....

Woodside

Woodside, Pennsylvania

Woodside is a census-designated place in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,425 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Woodside is located at ....

Colleges and universities

Bucks County Community College
Bucks County Community College
Bucks County Community College is a two-year community college located in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia. Founded in 1964, Bucks has three campuses and online courses: a main campus in Newtown, an "Upper County" campus in the town of Perkasie, and a "Lower County" campus in the...
Delaware Valley College
Delaware Valley College
Delaware Valley College is an independent, comprehensive, four-year residential institution in Doylestown, Pa. It enrolls 1,700 full-time undergraduates studying 25 majors. The campus sits on 574 lush acres of rolling green hills...
Philadelphia Biblical University
Philadelphia Biblical University
Philadelphia Biblical University, formerly called Philadelphia College of Bible, is a school located in Langhorne, Pennsylvania founded in 1913. Every undergraduate student graduates with a Bachelor's degree in Bible. In addition, students may work towards a dual degree, such as Business,...
Holy Family University in Newtown
La Salle University in Newtown

Public school districts

Bensalem Township School District
Bensalem Township School District
The Bensalem Township School District covers Bensalem Township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.The school district covers approximately and enrolls approximately 6,000 students....
Bristol Borough School District
Bristol Borough School District
The Bristol Borough School District covers the Borough of Bristol in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The district operates Bristol High School, Bristol Middle School and Snyder-Girotti Elementary School....
Bristol Township School District
Bristol Township School District
The Bristol Township School District covers Bristol Township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The district operates Harry S. Truman High School, Benjamin Franklin Freshman Academy, Neil A. Armstrong Middle School, Franklin D...
Centennial School District
Central Bucks School District
Central Bucks School District
The Central Bucks School District is located in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and is the third largest school district in Pennsylvania. The district covers the Boroughs of Chalfont, Doylestown and New Britain and Buckingham Township, Doylestown Township, New Britain Township, Plumstead...
Council Rock School District
Council Rock School District
The Council Rock School District also known as CRSD is located in lower Bucks County, in southeastern Pennsylvania. Its administrative offices are located in the Borough of Newtown. It spends over US$ 9,000 per secondary student per year...
Easton Area School District
Easton Area School District
Easton Area School District is an urban, suburban, and rural public school district located in Northampton County and Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA. In Northampton County it serves the city of Easton, as well as Forks, Palmer, and portions of Lower Mount Bethel Townships. In Bucks County, it...

(also in Northampton County)
Morrisville Borough School District
Morrisville Borough School District
The Morrisville Borough School District is a public school district serving the Philadelphia suburb of Morrisville in Bucks County. It features three schools: Grandview Elementary , Morrisville Intermediate , and Grandview High School ....
Neshaminy School District
Neshaminy School District
Neshaminy School District serves the municipalities of Middletown Township, Langhorne, Langhorne Manor, Penndel, Hulmeville, and Lower Southampton Township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Students from the Middletown divisions of Levittown also attend these schools. Neshaminy School District ...
New Hope-Solebury School District
New Hope-Solebury School District
New Hope-Solebury School District is the only school district that educates children in Solebury Township, Pennsylvania. New Hope-Solebury School District includes the towns of New Hope, Solebury, Lahaska, Carversville, and Lumberville, enrolling roughly 1000 students...
Palisades School District
Palisades School District
Palisades School District is a public school district located in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. It serves Bridgeton, Durham, Nockamixon, Springfield, and Tinicum Townships.-Location:...
Pennridge School District
Pennridge School District
Pennridge School District is located approximately north of Philadelphia in Bucks County, Southeast Pennsylvania.-The District:Pennridge School District, covers approximately with a total population of 45,000 and encompasses eight municipalities including the boroughs of Dublin, Perkasie,...
Pennsbury School District
Pennsbury School District
Pennsbury School District is located in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. The district serves Falls Township, Lower Makefield Township and Yardley, as well as portions of Morrisville, Newtown and Tullytown...
Quakertown Community School District
Quakertown Community School District
Quakertown Community School District is a public school district located in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It serves the boroughs of Quakertown, Richlandtown, and Trumbauersville; as well as Haycock, Milford, and Richland Townships....
Souderton Area School District
Souderton Area School District
Souderton Area School District is a large, suburban public school district which covers an area of almost in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The district serves the municipalities of Souderton, Telford, Franconia, Lower Salford, Upper Salford, and Salford. By 2005, the population of the district...

(also in Montgomery County)

The Bucks County public schools listed above are served by a regional educational service agency
called the Bucks County Intermediate Unit#22 located in the county seat of Doylestown, Pennsylvania

Doylestown, Pennsylvania

Doylestown is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, north of Philadelphia. As of the 2010 census, the borough population was 8,380. The borough is the county seat of Bucks County.- History :...

Public charter schools

There are 11 public cyber charter schools in Pennsylvania that are available for free statewide, to children K-12. See: Education in Pennsylvania
Education in Pennsylvania
There are numerous elementary, secondary, and higher institutions of learning in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania is home to 501 public school districts, thousands of private schools, many publicly funded colleges and universities, and over 100 private institutions of higher education.In general, under...

.
Bucks County Montessori Charter School
Center Student Learning Charter School – Pennsbury
School Lane Charter School

Private schools

27 Catholic grade schools (are also the 27 parishes in Bucks County of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia)
Archbishop Wood Catholic High School
Archbishop Wood Catholic High School
Archbishop Wood Catholic High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school. The school was built in 1964 in Warminster Township in Bucks County.-School Seal and Motto:...
Calvary Christian School
Conwell-Egan Catholic High School
George School
George School
George School is a private Quaker boarding and day high school located on a rural campus near Newtown, Pennsylvania, USA. It was founded at its present site in 1893, and has grown from a single building to over 20 academic, athletic, and residential buildings...
Holy Ghost Preparatory School
Holy Ghost Preparatory School
Holy Ghost Preparatory School is a private, college preparatory school for young men in Cornwells Heights, Bensalem, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1897 by the Spiritan missionaries, it is also a Catholic school....

(9–12 for boys)
Plumstead Christian School
Solebury School
Solebury School
Solebury School is a co-educational college preparatory day and boarding school located on a campus in Solebury Township, Pennsylvania . There are currently 230 day and boarding students enrolled...
Villa Joseph Marie High School
Villa Joseph Marie High School
Villa Joseph Marie High School is a private, Roman Catholic, all-girls high school in Holland, Pennsylvania. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia.-Background:...

(9–12 for girls)

Community, junior and technical colleges

Bucks County Community College
Bucks County Community College
Bucks County Community College is a two-year community college located in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia. Founded in 1964, Bucks has three campuses and online courses: a main campus in Newtown, an "Upper County" campus in the town of Perkasie, and a "Lower County" campus in the...
Bucks County School of Beauty Culture
Bucks County Technical High School
CHI Institute
Delaware Valley College
Delaware Valley College
Delaware Valley College is an independent, comprehensive, four-year residential institution in Doylestown, Pa. It enrolls 1,700 full-time undergraduates studying 25 majors. The campus sits on 574 lush acres of rolling green hills...
Holy Family College
Middle Bucks Institute of Technology
Pennco Tech
Pennco Tech
Pennco Tech is a for-profit technical school with locations in Bristol, Pennsylvania and Blackwood, New Jersey. It was founded in 1973.-Academics:Pennco Tech awards certificates, diplomas, and associate degrees in health care and technology fields....
Philadelphia Biblical University
Philadelphia Biblical University
Philadelphia Biblical University, formerly called Philadelphia College of Bible, is a school located in Langhorne, Pennsylvania founded in 1913. Every undergraduate student graduates with a Bachelor's degree in Bible. In addition, students may work towards a dual degree, such as Business,...

Notable people

Charles Albright
Charles Albright (congressman)
Charles Albright was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Biography:...

, (1830–1880), born in Bucks County, United States Congressman
Stan and Jan Berenstain
Stan and Jan Berenstain
Stan and Jan Berenstain were American writers and illustrators best known for creating the children's book series the Berenstain Bears....

, writers and illustrators best known for creating the children's book series the Berenstain Bears.
Pearl S. Buck
Pearl S. Buck
Pearl Sydenstricker Buck also known by her Chinese name Sai Zhenzhu , was an American writer who spent most of her time until 1934 in China. Her novel The Good Earth was the best-selling fiction book in the U.S. in 1931 and 1932, and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1932...

, (1892–1973), lived near Dublin
Dublin, Pennsylvania
Dublin is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,158 at the 2010 census. Dublin is part of Pennridge School District.-Geography:Dublin is located at ....

in Hilltown Twp.
Hilltown Township, Pennsylvania
Hilltown Township is a township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 15,029 at the 2010 census. Hilltown is part of Pennridge School District.-Geography:...

, author and Nobel Prize for Literature recipient
Justin Guarini
Justin Guarini
Justin Guarini is an American singer/songwriter and actor who rose to fame in 2002 as the first runner-up on the debut season of the television show American Idol.-Background:...

, singer/actor, and contestant on American Idol
American Idol
American Idol, titled American Idol: The Search for a Superstar for the first season, is a reality television singing competition created by Simon Fuller and produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment...
Oscar Hammerstein, II, an Oscar and Tony Award-winning American writer, theatrical producer, and (usually uncredited) theatre director of musicals.
Annie Haslam
Annie Haslam
Annie Haslam is an English progressive rock vocalist and songwriter.Originally a fashion student, she began studying under opera singer Sybil Knight in 1970 and developed her five-octave vocal range...

, (1947–), Lead singer of the progressive rock group Renaissance
Renaissance
The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the historical era, but since the changes of the Renaissance were not...
Michael Hurley, singer/guitarist.
Maureen Johnson
Maureen Johnson
Maureen Johnson is an American author of young adult fiction. She has published eight young adult novels to date, including the Suite Scarlett series and The Last Little Blue Envelope. Johnson is also the founder of the political networking site .-Early life:Maureen Johnson is a graduate of the...

, (1973–) Author of Young Adult Fiction.
Richard Kind
Richard Kind
Richard John Kind is an American actor known for his roles in the sitcoms Mad About You and Spin City .- Early life :...

, actor Spin City
Spin City
Spin City is an American sitcom television series that aired from September 17, 1996 until April 30, 2002 on the ABC network. Created by Gary David Goldberg and Bill Lawrence, the show was based on a fictional local government running New York City, and originally starred Michael J. Fox as Mike...

and Mad About You
Mad About You
Mad About You is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from September 23, 1992 to May 24, 1999. The show starred Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt as a newly married couple in New York City. Reiser played Paul Buchman, a documentary film maker. Hunt played Jamie Stemple Buchman, a public relations specialist...
Michael Levin, (1984–2006), an American-born Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

i soldier who died in the 2006 Lebanon War.
James McBride
James McBride (writer)
James McBride is an American writer and musician whose compositions have been recorded by a variety of other musicians.-Early life:McBride's father, the late Rev. Andrew D...

, an American writer and musician whose compositions have been recorded by a variety of other musicians.
Margaret Mead
Margaret Mead
Margaret Mead was an American cultural anthropologist, who was frequently a featured writer and speaker in the mass media throughout the 1960s and 1970s....

, (1901–1978), raised near Doylestown
Doylestown, Pennsylvania
Doylestown is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, north of Philadelphia. As of the 2010 census, the borough population was 8,380. The borough is the county seat of Bucks County.- History :...

, anthropologist
Henry Chapman Mercer
Henry Chapman Mercer
Henry Chapman Mercer was an American archeologist, artifact collector, tile-maker and designer of three distinctive poured concrete structures: Fonthill, his home, the Moravian Pottery and Tile Works, and the Mercer Museum.-Early life and education:Henry Mercer was born in Doylestown,...

, (1856–1930), Doylestown resident, archeologist, artifact collector, tile-maker, and designer of poured concrete structures
James Michener, (1907–1997), lived in Doylestown, author and Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction has been awarded for distinguished fiction by an American author, preferably dealing with American life. It originated as the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel, which was awarded between 1918 and 1947.-1910s:...

recipient
Alecia Moore
Pink (singer)
Alecia Beth Moore , better known by her stage name Pink , is an American singer-songwriter, musician and actress....

, (1979– ), born in Doylestown, singer known as Pink
Pink (singer)
Alecia Beth Moore , better known by her stage name Pink , is an American singer-songwriter, musician and actress....
Jamie Moyer
Jamie Moyer
Jamie Moyer is an American professional left handed baseball pitcher who is currently a free agent. At the time of his last game to date , he was the oldest player in the major leagues and had the most wins, losses, and strikeouts of any active Major League pitcher...

, (1962– ), born in Sellersville
Sellersville, Pennsylvania
Sellersville is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,249 at the 2010 census. Sellersville is part of Pennridge School District.-Geography:Sellersville is located at ....

, starting pitcher in Major League Baseball (Philadelphia Phillies
Philadelphia Phillies
The Philadelphia Phillies are a Major League Baseball team. They are the oldest continuous, one-name, one-city franchise in all of professional American sports, dating to 1883. The Phillies are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League...

)
Dorothy Parker
Dorothy Parker
Dorothy Parker was an American poet, short story writer, critic and satirist, best known for her wit, wisecracks, and eye for 20th century urban foibles....

, an American writer, best known for her wit, wisecracks, and sharp eye for 20th century urban foibles.
S. J. Perelman
S. J. Perelman
Sidney Joseph Perelman, almost always known as S. J. Perelman , was an American humorist, author, and screenwriter. He is best known for his humorous short pieces written over many years for The New Yorker...

, humorist, author, and screenwriter. He is best known for his humorous short pieces written over many years for The New Yorker
The New Yorker
The New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons and poetry published by Condé Nast...

.
Joe Renzetti
Joe Renzetti
-Early life and education:Joseph Renzetti - Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaJoe Renzetti studied composing and orchestrating under Nicholas Flagello, NYC, Manhattan School of Music...

, (1941– ), Academy Award-winning film composer, Musical Arranger of many hit records, and American session musician.
Allen Rosenberg
Allen Rosenberg (rower)
Allen Perry Rosenberg is an American former rower and rowing coach. He won 12 international and national gold and silver medals as a rower, and teams he coached won more than 24 gold and silver medals in the Olympics and world championships.-Early life:Rosenberg, who is Jewish, was born in...

(born 1931), rower and rowing coach
Dean Sabatino
Dean Sabatino
Dean Sabatino is an American musician, best known as "Dean Clean", the drummer of the satirical punk rock group The Dead Milkmen. Sabatino lives with his family in Media, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia.-Career:...

, Pennridge High School
Pennridge School District
Pennridge School District is located approximately north of Philadelphia in Bucks County, Southeast Pennsylvania.-The District:Pennridge School District, covers approximately with a total population of 45,000 and encompasses eight municipalities including the boroughs of Dublin, Perkasie,...

graduate and drummer for the punk band Dead Milkmen
Dead Milkmen
The Dead Milkmen is an American satirical punk rock band formed in 1983 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They consisted of vocalist and keyboardist Rodney Linderman , guitarist and vocalist Joe Genaro , bassist Dave Schulthise and drummer Dean Sabatino .Beginning within the local underground...
Andrew Jackson Smith
Andrew Jackson Smith
Andrew Jackson Smith was a United States Army general during the American Civil War, rising to the command of a corps. He was most noted for his victory over Confederate General S.D...

, (1815–1897), Union army
Union Army
The Union Army was the land force that fought for the Union during the American Civil War. It was also known as the Federal Army, the U.S. Army, the Northern Army and the National Army...

general
Ezra Stone
Ezra Stone
Ezra Stone was an American actor and director who had a long career on the stage, in films, radio, and television, mostly as a director...

, (1917–1994), actor and director
Brianna Taylor
Brianna Taylor
Brianna Taylor is a reality show personality, singer and songwriter, having appeared on both the fifth season of American Idol and The Real World: Hollywood, the twentieth season of MTV's long-running reality television series, The Real World...

, cast member of The Real World: Hollywood
The Real World: Hollywood
The Real World: Hollywood is the twentieth season of MTV's reality television series The Real World, which focuses on a group of diverse strangers living together for several months in a different city each season, as cameras document their lives and interpersonal relationships. It premiered on...

born in Warwick, lives in Warminster
Dean Ween
Dean Ween
Dean Ween is the stage name of Michael "Mickey" Melchiondo, Jr., American guitarist and half of the alternative rock group Ween.-Biography:...

, pseudonym for Mickey Melchiondo of the band Ween
Ween
Ween is an American alternative rock group. They formed in 1984 in New Hope, Pennsylvania when central members Aaron Freeman and Mickey Melchiondo met in an eighth grade typing class. Ween has a large cult underground fanbase despite being generally unknown in American pop music...
Gene Ween
Gene Ween
Aaron Freeman , best known as Gene Ween, is a musician and a founding member of the experimental alternative rock group Ween...

, pseudonym for Aaron Freeman of the band Ween
Ween
Ween is an American alternative rock group. They formed in 1984 in New Hope, Pennsylvania when central members Aaron Freeman and Mickey Melchiondo met in an eighth grade typing class. Ween has a large cult underground fanbase despite being generally unknown in American pop music...

Official seal

The traditional seal of Bucks County, Pennsylvania takes its design from the inspiration of the county's founder, William Penn

William Penn

William Penn was an English real estate entrepreneur, philosopher, and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania, the English North American colony and the future Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. He was an early champion of democracy and religious freedom, notable for his good relations and successful...

. The center of the seal consists of a shield from the Penn family crest with a tree above and a flowering vine surrounding it in symmetric flanks. The seal has a gold-colored background and a green band denoting Penn as the county's first proprietor and governor. In 1683, Penn's council decreed that a tree and vine be incorporated into the emblem to signify the county's abundance of woods. The seal was used in its official capacity until the Revolutionary War. The county government has since used the official Pennsylvania state seal for official documents. Today, the Bucks County seal's use is largely ceremonial. It appears on county stationery and vehicles as a symbol of the county's heritage. The gold emblem is also the centerpiece of the official Bucks County flag, which has a blue background and gold trim.

External links

Bucks County Government official website
Bucks County Business Association
Visit Bucks County: Official tourism, meeting, and group tour website
More Stats About Bucks County
Bucks Happening Local blog offering info about Bucks County
BucksCountyNightOut Local database of Restaurants, Bars, Entertainment, and Live Music in Bucks County
Bucks County History Local blog dealing with history of Bucks County

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