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![]() Click Image to Enlarge Pennsylvania CountiesThere are sixty-seven counties of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the United States of America. The city of Philadelphia is coterminous with Philadelphia County, and governmental functions have been consolidated since 1854. |
Bucks County, PennsylvaniaBucks County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
Etymology - Origin of County NameBucks is named for Buckinghamshire in England, a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. The county town is Aylesbury and the largest town in ceremonial Buckinghamshire is Milton Keynes. This is where the Penns had lived for generations. Demographics:County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts County HistoryOne of the three original counties
created by William Penn in November 1682. Bucks is named for Buckinghamshire in
England, where the Penns had lived for generations. Doylestown replaced Newtown
as the county seat in 1812 and was incorporated as a borough on April 16, 1838.
It was named for William Doyle, an innkeeper. GeographyBucks County lies in the southeastern edge of the state along the Delaware River. Most of the land is typical of
the piedmont region, with hills becoming more distinct further north. Unlike in the Southern Piedmont, soil in the
Pennsylvania Piedmont has historically been fertile, giving Bucks County large areas of valuable farmland. With the
decline of the farming industry, debate has arisen over how much of this open space should be preserved, and how
much should be allotted for commercial and residential development. Neighboring Counties:
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The history of our nation was a prolonged struggle to define
the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local.
And the names given the counties, our most locally based jurisdictions,
reflects the "characteristic features of this country!"
But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history. Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally, act locally." |