About Bucks County Pa |
Bucks County was one of the three original counties in Pennsylvania. It was named by William Penn in 1682 after Buckinghamshire, England, the county where he lived and from which his family originated. Bucks is the abbreviation for Buckinghamshire, and both names are used interchangeably in England. Penn's home, Pennsbury Manor, is located within Bucks County.
Place names in Bucks County derived from places in Buckinghamshire include Buckingham, Chalfont (named after Chalfont St Giles), Wycombe and Solebury (spelled Soulbury in England). Buckingham was the former county town of Buckinghamshire; Buckingham, PA, (now known as Bristol) was the county seat of Bucks County from 1705-1726. Chalfont St. Giles in Buckinghamshire was the parish home of William Penn's first wife, and the location of the Jordans Quaker Meeting House, where Penn is buried.
Bucks County was originally much larger than it is today. Northampton County was formed in 1752 from part of Bucks County, and Lehigh County was formed in 1812 from part of Northampton County.
Popular Places in Bucks County Pennsylvania:
Sesame Place first opened in 1980 near the Oxford V
alley Mall and initiated the expansion of the commercial complex in the vicinity. The park is open from early May through Halloween. The original park was 3 acres (12,000 m2) and featured play areas and large computer labs where kids could color their favorite Sesame Street characters. Since then, the park has expanded to 14 acres (57,000 m2), with rides and water attractions. The expansions included the construction of Sesame Island and Twiddlebug Land.
In 2007, Sesame Place became the first theme park in Pennsylvania to become completely smoke-free.
In the late 19th
and early 20th centuries, Mercer began collecting pre-industrial hand tools and other implements of the past. He believed that the story of human progress and accomplishments was told by the tools and objects that people used and saw these time-honored crafts slowly disappearing from memory.
Made of poured-in-place concrete, the museum was completed in 1916 to house Mercer's vast collection of early American objects and artifacts. In addition to tools, it displays furnishings of early America, carriages, stove plates, a gallows, antique fire engines, a whaleboat, and the Lenape Stone. The Spruance Library, which houses historical research materials, is located on its third floor.
The King George II Inn (Est. 1681) located in Bristol Pennsylvania, is the oldest inn in the United States It is also believed to be the oldest continuously operated business in the United States.The inn overlooks the Delaware River and is located at the corner of Radcliffe and Mill Streets in the borough's waterfront business district.
