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{{short description|County in Pennsylvania, United States}}
{{distinguish|Berks County, Pennsylvania}}
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{{Infobox U.S. county
| county = Bucks County
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| flag = Bucks County Flag.gif
| seal = Seal of Bucks County, Pennsylvania.svg
| logo = Logo of Bucks County, Pennsylvania.png
| ex image size = 250px
| ex image = Bucks Courthouse.JPG
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| district = 1st
| named for = [[Buckinghamshire]]
| footnotes = {{designation list|embed=yes|designation1=Pennsylvania|designation1_date=October 29, 1982<ref name="PAHMDB">{{cite web |url=http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/pennsylvania_historical_marker_program/2539/search_for_historical_markers |title=PHMC Historical Markers Search |work=Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission |publisher=Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |format=Searchable database |access-date=
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{{maplink|frame=yes|zoom=8|id=Q494192|type=shape|text=Interactive map of Bucks County, Pennsylvania}}
'''Bucks County''' is a [[County (United States)|county]] in the [[Commonwealth (U.S. state)|Commonwealth]] of [[Pennsylvania]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 646,538,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0500000US42017|access-date=April 24, 2022|title=Census - Geography Profile: Bucks County, Pennsylvania}}</ref> making it the [[List of counties in Pennsylvania|fourth-most populous county in Pennsylvania]]. Its [[county seat]] is [[Doylestown, Pennsylvania|Doylestown]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=June 7, 2011 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=May 31, 2011
The county represents the northern boundary of the [[Philadelphia]]–[[Camden, New Jersey|Camden]]–[[Wilmington, Delaware|Wilmington]], PA–[[New Jersey|NJ]]–[[Delaware|DE]]–[[Maryland|MD]] [[
To its southwest, Bucks County borders [[Montgomery County, Pennsylvania|Montgomery County]] and [[Philadelphia]], the nation's sixth-largest city. To its east, the county borders the [[Delaware River]] and [[U.S. state]] of [[New Jersey]]. To its north, the county borders [[Lehigh County, Pennsylvania|Lehigh]] and [[Northampton County, Pennsylvania|Northampton]] counties in the state's [[Lehigh Valley]] region. The county is approximately {{convert|30|mi|km}} southeast of [[Allentown, Pennsylvania|Allentown]], the state's third-largest city, and {{convert|40|mi|km}} north of Philadelphia, the state's largest city.
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===Founding===
[[File:Mercer Museum.JPG|thumb|[[Mercer Museum]] in [[Doylestown, Pennsylvania|Doylestown]]]]
Bucks County is one of the three original counties created by colonial proprietor [[William Penn]] in 1682. Penn named the county after [[Buckinghamshire]], the county in which he lived in [[England]]; "Bucks." is the traditional abbreviation for the English county, which became the actual name of the Pennsylvania one. He built a country estate, [[Pennsbury Manor]], in [[Falls Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania|Falls Township]] in present-day Bucks County.
Some places in Bucks County were named after locations in [[Buckinghamshire]], England, including Buckingham and [[Buckingham Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania|Buckingham Township]], named after the former [[county town]] of Buckinghamshire; Chalfont, named after [[Chalfont St Giles]], the parish home of William Penn's first wife and the location of the Jordans Quaker Meeting House, where Penn is buried; [[Solebury, Pennsylvania|Solebury]], named after [[Soulbury]], England; and [[Wycombe, Pennsylvania|Wycombe]], named after the town of [[High Wycombe]].
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|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=March 5, 2015
}}
As of the 2010 census, there were 625,249 people. The [[population density]] was 1,034.7 people per square mile. The racial makeup of the county was 86.6% [[Non-Hispanic Whites|Non-Hispanic white]], 3.9% [[African Americans|Black or African American]], 0.3% [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]], 4.1% [[Asian Americans|Asian]] (2.1% Indian, 1.1% Chinese, 0.7% Korean, 0.5% Filipino, 0.3% Vietnamese, 0.1% Japanese, 0.4% other Asian) 0.1% [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]], 1.7% were of two or more races, and 1.5% were of [[Race (United States Census)|other races]]. 4.4% of the population were [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] of any race.
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website
There were 218,725 households, out of which 35.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.20% were [[Marriage|married couples]] 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.
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Popular attractions in Bucks County include the shops and studios of [[New Hope, Pennsylvania|New Hope]], [[Peddler's Village]] (in [[Lahaska, Pennsylvania|Lahaska]]), [[Washington Crossing Historic Park]], [[New Hope Railroad]], Bucks County River Country and Bucks County Playhouse Theater (in New Hope). Rice's Market near Lahaska is a popular destination on Tuesday mornings. [[Quakertown, Pennsylvania|Quakertown]] Farmer's Market (locally called "Q-Mart") is a popular shopping destination on weekends. The county seat of Doylestown has the trifecta of concrete structures built by [[Henry Chapman Mercer]], including the [[Moravian Pottery and Tile Works]], the [[Mercer Museum]] and [[Fonthill (house)|Fonthill]], Mercer's personal home.
Southern Bucks, colloquially referred to as Lower Bucks, is home to two important [[shopping mall]]s, [[Neshaminy Mall]], [[Oxford Valley Mall]], and [[Sesame Place
==Education==
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===Public school districts===
[[File:Map of Bucks County Pennsylvania School Districts.png|thumb|Map of Bucks County public school districts]]
K-12 school districts include:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st42_pa/schooldistrict_maps/c42017_bucks/DC20SD_C42017.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Bucks County, PA|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-07-16}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st42_pa/schooldistrict_maps/c42017_bucks/DC20SD_C42017_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>
*[[Bensalem Township School District]]
*[[Bristol Borough School District]]
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*[[Neshaminy School District]]
*[[New Hope-Solebury School District]]
*[[North Penn School District]] (also in Montgomery County)
*[[Palisades School District]]
*[[Pennridge School District]]
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== Libraries ==
The Bucks County Library System was founded in 1956 by a resolution of the Bucks County Commissioners.<ref>{{Cite web|title=About|url=https://buckslib.org/about/|access-date=
The Bucks County Library System is made up of 7 branch libraries in the following townships:
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==Sports==
===Rugby league===
The [[Bucks County Sharks]] [[rugby league]] team played in the [[AMNRL]] from 1997 to 2010 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.americanrugbynews.com/artman/publish/rugby_league/Pier_40_Action.shtml |title=AmericanRugbyNews.com Pier 40 Action |access-date=
===Little League===
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*[[Doylestown Airport]]
* [[Pennridge Airport]]
*[[Philadelphia International Airport]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.phl.org/COVID/Arriving-Passengers|title=Arriving Passengers|publisher=[[Philadelphia International Airport]]|accessdate=January 8, 2023
* [[Quakertown Airport]]
* Sterling Aviation Heliport in [[Croydon, Pennsylvania|Croydon]] next to [[Neshaminy State Park]]
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|}Like most of the Philadelphia suburbs, Bucks County was once a stronghold for the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]. However, in recent years it has become more of a [[swing vote|swing]] county, like Pennsylvania at large.
In presidential elections, Bucks County has been swept up in the overall [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] trend that has swept the Philadelphia area, although the trend in Bucks has been less pronounced than in Delaware and Montgomery counties. It has gone Democratic in every presidential election since 1992, though by a margin of
The executive government is run by a three-seat board of commissioners, one member of which serves as chairperson. Commissioners are elected through [[plurality-at-large voting|at-large voting]] and serve four-year terms. In cases of vacancy, a panel of county judges appoints members to fill seats. The current commissioners are Diane M. Ellis-Marseglia (D) (chairwoman), Robert "Bob" J. Harvie Jr. (D) (Vice-chairman), and [[Gene DiGirolamo]] (R). The current terms expire in January 2028.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Commissioners {{!}} Bucks County, PA|url=https://www.buckscounty.gov/190/Commissioners|access-date=January 3, 2022
Bucks County is represented in U.S. Congress by {{ushr|PA|1}}, ([https://web.archive.org/web/20051216173132/http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/pa08_109.gif map]) formerly numbered as the [[Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district|8th District]]. The district is represented by [[Brian Fitzpatrick (American politician)|Brian Fitzpatrick]] (R), making this district one of 18 nationwide to be held by a Republican and won by [[Joe Biden]] in 2020.
In the 2016 elections, Democrats [[Hillary Clinton]] (President), [[Josh Shapiro]] (Attorney General), and [[Joe Torsella]] (State Treasurer) won Bucks County while Republicans [[Pat Toomey]] (U.S. Senate), Brian Fitzpatrick (U.S. Representative), and John Brown (Auditor General) won Bucks County in their respective races.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://buckscountyvotes.org/|title=Bucks Elections|website=buckscountyvotes.org|access-date=
=== Voter registration ===
{{Pie chart|thumb=right|caption=Chart of Voter Registration|label1=[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]|value1=41.
* [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]: 197,
* [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]:
* [[Independent (United States)|Independent]]:
* [[Third party (United States)|Third Party]]: 21,
===County commissioners===
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{| class="sortable wikitable"
|-
! Office<ref>{{Cite web|title=Row Officers {{!}} Bucks County, PA|url=https://www.buckscounty.gov/221/Row-Officers|access-date=January 4, 2022
! Official
! Party
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| Treasurer|| Kris Ballerini || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] || 2027
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
| District Attorney ||
| 2025
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
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=== Law enforcement ===
The current Bucks County Sheriff is Frederick "Fred" A. Harran.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sheriff {{!}} Bucks County, PA|url=https://www.buckscounty.gov/551/Sheriff|access-date=January 3, 2022
===State senate===
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| [[Pennsylvania's 31st Representative District|31]] ||[[Perry Warren]]||[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
| [[Pennsylvania's 140th Representative District|140]] ||[[
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
| [[Pennsylvania's 141st Representative District|141]] || [[Tina Davis]] || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
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===Population ranking===
The population ranking of the following table is based on the [[2010 United States census|2010 census]] of Bucks County.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.2010.html |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |title=2010 U.S. Census website |access-date=
'''†''' ''county seat''
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!Municipal type
!Population (2010 Census)
|-
|1
|'''[[Bensalem Township, Pennsylvania|Bensalem]]'''
|Township
| 60,427
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
|
| '''[[Levittown, Pennsylvania|Levittown]]'''
| CDP
| 52,983
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
|
| '''[[Croydon, Pennsylvania|Croydon]]'''
| CDP
| 9,950
|- style="background-color:#FFF5EE;"
|
| '''[[Bristol, Pennsylvania|Bristol]]'''
| Borough
| 9,726
|- style="background-color:#FFF5EE;"
|
| '''[[Quakertown, Pennsylvania|Quakertown]]'''
| Borough
| 8,979
|- style="background-color:#FFF5EE;"
|
| '''[[Morrisville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania|Morrisville]]'''
| Borough
| 8,728
|- style="background-color:#FFF5EE;"
|
| '''[[Perkasie, Pennsylvania|Perkasie]]'''
| Borough
| 8,511
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
|
| '''[[Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania|Fairless Hills]]'''
| CDP
| 8,466
|- style="background-color:#FFF5EE;"
|
| '''† [[Doylestown, Pennsylvania|Doylestown]]'''
| Borough
| 8,380
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
|
| '''[[Richboro, Pennsylvania|Richboro]]'''
| CDP
| 6,563
|- style="background-color:#FFF5EE;"
|
| '''[[Telford, Pennsylvania|Telford]]''' (''lies partially in Montgomery County'')
| Borough
| 4,872
|- style="background-color:#FFF5EE;"
|
| '''[[Sellersville, Pennsylvania|Sellersville]]'''
| Borough
| 4,249
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
|
| '''[[Churchville, Pennsylvania|Churchville]]'''
| CDP
| 4,128
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
|
| '''[[Warminster Heights, Pennsylvania|Warminster Heights]]'''
| CDP
| 4,124
|- style="background-color:#FFF5EE;"
|
| '''[[Chalfont, Pennsylvania|Chalfont]]'''
| Borough
| 4,009
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
|
| '''[[Village Shires, Pennsylvania|Village Shires]]'''
| CDP
| 3,949
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
|
| '''[[Woodbourne, Pennsylvania|Woodbourne]]'''
| CDP
| 3,851
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
|
| '''[[Brittany Farms-The Highlands, Pennsylvania|Brittany Farms-The Highlands]]'''
| CDP
| 3,695
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
|
| '''[[Newtown Grant, Pennsylvania|Newtown Grant]]'''
| CDP
| 3,620
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
|
| '''[[Trevose, Pennsylvania|Trevose]]'''
| CDP
| 3,550
|- style="background-color:#FFF5EE;"
|
| '''[[New Britain, Pennsylvania|New Britain]]'''
| Borough
| 3,152
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
|
| '''[[Feasterville, Pennsylvania|Feasterville]]'''
| CDP
| 3,074
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
|
| '''[[Plumsteadville, Pennsylvania|Plumsteadville]]'''
| CDP
| 2,637
|- style="background-color:#FFF5EE;"
|
| '''[[New Hope, Pennsylvania|New Hope]]'''
| Borough
| 2,528
|- style="background-color:#FFF5EE;"
|
| '''[[Yardley, Pennsylvania|Yardley]]'''
| Borough
| 2,434
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
|
| '''[[Woodside, Pennsylvania|Woodside]]'''
| CDP
| 2,425
|- style="background-color:#FFF5EE;"
|
| '''[[Penndel, Pennsylvania|Penndel]]'''
| Borough
| 2,328
|- style="background-color:#FFF5EE;"
|
| '''[[Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania|Newtown]]'''
| Borough
| 2,248
|- style="background-color:#FFF5EE;"
|
| '''[[Dublin, Pennsylvania|Dublin]]'''
| Borough
| 2,158
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
|
| '''[[Eddington, Pennsylvania|Eddington]]'''
| CDP
| 1,906
|- style="background-color:#FFF5EE;"
|
| '''[[Tullytown, Pennsylvania|Tullytown]]'''
| Borough
| 1,872
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
|
| '''[[Spinnerstown, Pennsylvania|Spinnerstown]]'''
| CDP
| 1,826
|- style="background-color:#FFF5EE;"
|
| '''[[Langhorne, Pennsylvania|Langhorne]]'''
| Borough
| 1,622
|- style="background-color:#FFF5EE;"
|
| '''[[Langhorne Manor, Pennsylvania|Langhorne Manor]]'''
| Borough
| 1,442
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
|
| '''[[Cornwells Heights, Pennsylvania|Cornwells Heights]]'''
| CDP
| 1,391
|- style="background-color:#FFF5EE;"
|
| '''[[Richlandtown, Pennsylvania|Richlandtown]]'''
| Borough
| 1,327
|- style="background-color:#FFF5EE;"
|
| '''[[Ivyland, Pennsylvania|Ivyland]]'''
| Borough
| 1,041
|- style="background-color:#FFF5EE;"
|
| '''[[Hulmeville, Pennsylvania|Hulmeville]]'''
| Borough
| 1,003
|- style="background-color:#FFF5EE;"
|
| '''[[Trumbauersville, Pennsylvania|Trumbauersville]]'''
| Borough
| 974
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
|
| '''[[Milford Square, Pennsylvania|Milford Square]]'''
| CDP
| 897
|- style="background-color:#FFF5EE;"
|
| '''[[Silverdale, Pennsylvania|Silverdale]]'''
| Borough
| 871
|- style="background-color:#FFF5EE;"
|
| '''[[Riegelsville, Pennsylvania|Riegelsville]]'''
| Borough
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|Dec precipitation inch = 3.80
|year precipitation inch= 47.93
|source 1 = Weather Channel<ref>[http://www.weather.com/outlook/health/achesandpains/climatology/monthly/USPA0420?from=36hr_newslinker2 Average weather for Doylestown] ''Weather Channel'' Retrieved
|date=August 2010
}}
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* [[Christy Altomare]] (1986-), Actress and singer-songwriter, originated the role [[Anya (Anastasia)|Anya]] in the musical [[Anastasia (musical)|Anastasia]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Elkin|first=Michael|title=Christy Altomare has a Bucks County love story to tell |url=https://buckscountyherald.com/stories/christy-altomare-has-a-bucks-county-love-story-to-tell-bucks-county-playhouse-yardley-native-anastasia,22983|newspaper=Bucks County Herald|access-date=August 5, 2023 |date=February 16, 2023}}</ref>
* [[Jacob Jennings Brown]] (1775 – 1828), Commanding General of the United States Army.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jacob Jennings Brown |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jacob-Jennings-Brown |access-date=August 6, 2023 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Sabrina Carpenter]] (1999–), Actress and singer-songwriter
* [[Ulric Dahlgren]] (1842-1864), Union Army Colonel, unsuccessful raid on Richmond, Virginia started the [[Dahlgren Affair]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Thomas |first=Ben|title='THE MAYOR'S REPORT: Union officer Ulric Dahlgren served and died in the Civil War|url=https://www.echo-pilot.com/story/news/2021/12/28/greencastle-mayor-ben-thomas-jr-ulric-dahlgren-civil-war-union-army-gettysburg-richmond-jeff-davis/9033887002/|website=echo-pilot.com|access-date=August 6, 2023 |date=December 28, 2021}}</ref>
*[[Charles Ellet, Jr.]] (1810-1862), Civil Engineer and Union Army officer.<ref>{{cite book |title=The National Cyclopedia of American Biography. Volume 4 |date=1895 |publisher=James T. White & Company |location=New York |page=360 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ou4pAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA360 |access-date=
* [[Samuel Hartsel]] (1834–1918), [[Colorado]] ranching pioneer.<ref>Laura King Van Dusen, "Samuel Hartsel: 1860s Pioneer Rancher, One of Colorado's First Cattlemen. Founded Town of Hartsel", ''Historic Tales from Park County: Parked in the Past'' ([[Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston]], South Carolina: The History Press, 2013), {{ISBN|978-1-62619-161-7}}, pp. 21–27.</ref>
* [[Michael Hurley (musician)|Michael Hurley]] (1941-), singer and guitarist.<ref>{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Guinness Publishing]]|date=1992|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-939-0|page=1211}}</ref>
* [[Saige Martin]], former member of the [[Raleigh City Council]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hillsboroughstreet.org/about/board-members/saige-martin|title=Saige Martin|website=www.hillsboroughstreet.org}}</ref>
* [[P!NK]] (1979-), singer-songwriter.
* [[Rembrandt Peale]] (1778–1860), portrait painter and museum keeper.<ref>Miller, Lillian B. ''Rembrandt Peale: A Life in the Arts: 1778–1860''. The Historical Society of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 1985</ref>
* [[Allen Rosenberg (rowing)|Allen Rosenberg]] (1931-2013), rower and rowing coach<ref name="phillyjewishsports1">{{cite web |url=http://www.phillyjewishsports.com/viewInductee.asp?ID=50 |title=Inductions | Philadelphia Jewish Sports Hall of Fame |publisher=Phillyjewishsports.com |access-date=November 1, 2011 |archive-date=April 25, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425083144/http://www.phillyjewishsports.com/viewInductee.asp?ID=50 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Andrew Jackson Smith]] (1815–1897), [[Union army]] general
* [[Arthur Donaldson Smith]] (1866-1939), explorer of East Africa
* [[Ezra Stone]] (1917–1994), actor and director<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.buckslocalnews.com/the_advance/estate-of-ezra-stone-and-sara-seegar-goes-up-for/article_0900d0ae-01cb-586e-b945-5f2a0a00392a.html|title=Estate of Ezra Stone and Sara Seegar goes up for auction, show business couple brought celebrity to Bucks County|last=|first=|date=
==Official seal==
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==References==
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==External links==
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