Bucks County
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N 40° 18.722 W 075° 07.779
18T E 488983 N 4462398
One of Pennsylvania's three original counties.
Waymark Code: WM19XQ
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 03/10/2007
Views: 57
Marker Text:
One of Pennsylvania's three original counties. Formed 1682 by William Penn and site of his home, Pennsbury Manor. Name is derived from abbreviation for Buckinghamshire in England. Doylestown, chosen as county seat in 1812, was incorporated 1838.
Bucks County, founded in 1682, it's boundies where changed in 1752 to it's present boundries.
County seat:
Bristol - 1705 - 1726
Newtown - 1726 - 1812
Doylestown 1812 ----
Bucks County is comprised of 608 square miles of land and 15.8 square miles of water. It has 23 boroughs and 31 townships.
County Symbols ( voted on by the county's 3rd to 9th grade students from the 13 school systems)
flower - violet
bird - cardinal
mammal - cotton tail rabbit
tree - dogwood
fish - catfish
rock - diabase
Marker Name: Bucks County
County: Bucks
Date Dedicated: 10/29/1982
Marker Type: City
Location: Courthouse, E. Court St., Doylestown
Category: Government & Politics, Government & Politics 17th Century, William Penn
Website: [Web Link]
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