Government Detail

Summary

Name Level Type/Class Home Rule?
Bucks, County of county County (Class: 2A) no

Detail

Census Creation Date Created Boundary Alteration Count Dissolved
1682 1

Map

Related

Name Relationship Status
Pennsylvania, Commonwealth of Parent current
Pennsylvania, Province of (defunct) Parent former
Allen, Township of (Northampton) Child former
Andalusia, Borough of (proposed) Child proposed
Attleboro, Borough of (defunct) Child most recent
Attleborough, Borough of (defunct) Child most recent
Bedminster, Township of Child current
Benjamin, Borough of (proposed) Child proposed
Bensalem, Township of Child current
Bethlehem, Township of (Northampton) Child former
Bridgeton, Borough of (proposed) Child proposed
Bridgeton, Township of Child current
Bridgetown, Borough of (proposed) Child proposed
Bristol, Borough of Child current
Bristol, Township of (Bucks) Child current
Buckingham, Township of (Bucks) Child current
Buckingham, Township of (Bucks, defunct) Child most recent
Chalfont, Borough of Child current
Croydon, Borough of (proposed) Child proposed
Delaware, Township of (Bucks, proposed) Child proposed
Doylestown, Borough of Child current
Doylestown, Township of Child current
Dublin, Borough of Child current
Durham, Township of Child current
East Rockhill, Township of Child current
East Springfield, Township of (proposed) Child proposed
Falls, Township of (Bucks) Child current
Fallsboro, Borough of (proposed) Child proposed
Forks, Township of (Northampton) Child former
Haycock, Township of Child current
Heidelberg, Township of (Lehigh) Child former
Hilltown, Township of Child current
Hulmeville, Borough of Child current
Ivyland, Borough of Child current
Langhorne Manor, Borough of Child current
Langhorne, Borough of Child current
Lehigh, Township of (Northampton) Child former
Lower Makefield, Township of Child current
Lower Saucon, Township of Child former
Lower Southampton, Township of Child current
Macungie, Township of (defunct) Child former
Makefield, Township of (defunct) Child most recent
Middletown, Township of (Bucks) Child current
Milford, Township of (Bucks) Child current
Morrisville, Borough of Child current
Mount Bethel, Township of (defunct) Child former
Neshaminy, Township of (proposed) Child proposed
New Britain, Borough of Child current
New Britain, Township of Child current
New Hope, Borough of Child current
Newtown, Borough of Child current
Newtown, Township of (Bucks) Child current
Nockamixon, Township of Child current
Northampton, Township of (Bucks) Child current
Penndel, Borough of Child current
Perkasie, Borough of Child current
Plumstead, Township of Child current
Quakertown, Borough of Child current
Richland, Township of (Bucks) Child current
Richlandtown, Borough of Child current
Riegelsville, Borough of Child current
Rockhill, Township of (defunct) Child most recent
Salem, Township of (Bucks, defunct) Child most recent
Saucon, Township of (defunct) Child most recent
Sellersville, Borough of Child current
Silverdale, Borough of Child current
Smithfield, Township of (Monroe) Child former
Solebury, Township of Child current
South Langhorne, Borough of (defunct) Child most recent
Southampton, Township of (Bucks, defunct) Child most recent
Springfield, Township of (Bucks) Child current
Springtown, Borough of (proposed) Child proposed
Telford, Borough of Child current
Tinicum, Township of (Bucks) Child current
Trevose, Borough of (proposed) Child proposed
Trumbauersville, Borough of Child current
Tullytown, Borough of Child current
Two Ponds, Borough of (proposed) Child proposed
Union, Township of (Bucks, proposed) Child proposed
Upper Makefield, Township of Child current
Upper Milford, Township of Child former
Upper Saucon, Township of Child former
Upper Smithfield, Township of (defunct) Child former
Upper Southampton, Township of Child current
Warminster, Township of Child current
Warrington, Township of (Bucks) Child current
Warwick, Township of (Bucks) Child current
West Nockamixon, Township of (proposed) Child proposed
West Rockhill, Township of Child current
Williams, Township of (Northampton) Child former
Wrightstown, Township of Child current
Yardley, Borough of Child current

Identifier

Detail Type Source Identifier Relationship Web Link
View census US Census Bureau FIPS: County 42017 Lead
View geologic USGS GNIS: Civil 1209173 Lead View
View other Wikidata Q494192 Lead View
View state Pennsylvania DCED: County 09 Lead

Affected Government

Detail How Affected Adverse Government How Adverse Affected Date
View Creation Unorganized (placeholder) Reduction 1682
View Reduction Northampton, County of Creation Mar 11, 1752
View Ascertainment Lehigh, County of Ascertainment May 4, 1982
View Reference Lehigh, County of Reference May 4, 1982

Affected Government Form

Detail Government Form Date
View County 1682
View County, 6th Class Jul 10, 1919
View County, 5th Class Jan 1, 1941
View County, 3rd Class Jan 1, 1962
View County, 2nd Class A Jan 1, 1992

Other Successful Event Links

Detail Type Description Successful? Date
View New Township Southampton Township 1685 Creation yes+ 1685
View New Township Warminster Township 1685 Creation yes+ 1685
View New Township Falls Township 1685 Creation yes+ 1685
View New Township Newtown Township 1691 Creation yes+ 1691
View New Township Bucks County 1692 Township Division yes+ Sep 27, 1692
View New Name Bensalem Township 1693 Creation yes? 1693
View New Name Bristol Township 1701 Creation yes+ 1701
View New Township Solebury Township 1702 Creation yes+ 1702
View New Township Buckingham Township 1709 Creation yes+ 1709
View New Township Richland Township 1719 Creation yes+ 1719
View New Borough Bristol Borough 1720 Creation yes Nov 14, 1720
View Plat Recording Buckingham Township 1722 Plat Recording yes+ 1722
View New Township Northampton Township 1722 Creation yes+ Dec 14, 1722
View New Township Hilltown Township 1724 Creation yes+ Mar 11, 1724
View New Township Plumstead Township 1725 Creation yes+ Jun 17, 1725
View New Township New Britain Township 1731 Creation yes+ 1731
View New Township Warwick Township 1733 Creation yes+ 1733
View Plat Recording Richland Township 1734 Plat Recording yes+ 1734
View New Township Milford Township 1734 Creation yes+ 1734
View New Township Warrington Township 1734 Creation yes+ 1734
View New Township Macungie Township 1736 Creation yes+ 1736
View New Township Smithfield Township 1737 Creation yes+ 1737
View New Township Upper Milford Township 1737 Creation yes+ 1737
View New Township Rockhill Township 1739 Creation yes+ 1739
View New Township Forks Township 1741 Creation yes+ 1741
View New Township Saucon Township 1741 Creation yes+ 1741
View New Township Tinicum Township 1741 Creation yes+ 1741
View New Township Bedminster Township 1742 Creation yes+ 1742
View New Township Lower Makefield Township-Upper Makefield Township 1742 Creation yes+ 1742
View New Township Springfield Township 1743 Creation yes+ Jun 1743
View New Township Lower Saucon Township-Upper Saucon Township 1743 Creation yes+ 1743
View New Township Nockamixon Township 1746 Creation yes+ Apr 1746
View New Township Allen Township 1746 Creation yes+ Jun 1746
View New Township Mount Bethel Township 1746 Creation yes+ 1746
View New Township Heidelberg Township 1746 Creation yes+ 1746
View New Township Bethlehem Township 1746 Creation yes+ 1746
View New Township Upper Smithfield Township 1750 Creation yes+ 1750
View New Township Williams Township 1750 Creation yes+ 1750
View New Township Lehigh Township 1752 Creation yes+ 1752
View New Township Haycock Township 1763 Creation yes+ 1763
View New Township Durham Township 1775 Creation yes+ Dec 12, 1775
View New State Declaration of Independence and Royal Charter Abrogation yes Jul 4, 1776
View Charter Revival Bristol Borough 1785 Charter Revival yes Sep 16, 1785
View Annexation Bristol Township-Bristol Borough 1801 Annexation yes* 1801
View New Borough Morrisville Borough 1804 Creation yes Apr 16, 1804
View New Township Doylestown Township 1819 Creation yes Mar 4, 1819
View New Borough New Hope Borough 1837 Creation yes Apr 7, 1837
View New Borough Newtown Borough 1837 Creation yes* Apr 27, 1837
View Election Separation New Hope Borough 1838 Election Separation yes Apr 16, 1838
View Annexation Solebury Township-New Hope Borough 1838 Annexation yes Apr 16, 1838
View New Borough Doylestown Borough 1838 Creation yes* May 18, 1838
View Charter Revival Newtown Borough 1838 Charter Revival yes* May 19, 1838
View New Name Doylestown Borough 1840 New Corporate Style yes Apr 16, 1840
View Annexation Middletown Township-Bristol Township 1843 Annexation yes* 1842–1843
View Annexation New Britain Township-Warrington Township 1850 Annexation yes* 1849–1850
View Annexation Warwick Township-Warrington Township 1850 Annexation yes* 1850
View Annexation Warwick Township-Northampton Township 1851 Annexation yes* 1851
View New Name Bristol Borough 1851 New Corporate Style yes Mar 1, 1851
View Annexation Warrington Township-Doylestown Township 1852 Annexation yes* 1852
View Annexation Warwick Township-Doylestown Township 1852 Annexation yes* 1851–1852
View New Borough Quakertown Borough 1855 Creation yes Feb 15, 1855
View Annexation Warwick Township-Buckingham Township 1856 Annexation yes* 1856
View General Law New Hope Borough 1858 General Law yes Nov 4, 1858
View General Law Morrisville Borough 1859 General Law yes Jan 18, 1859
View Election Separation Quakertown Borough 1860 Election Separation yes Jun 14, 1860
View Annexation Plumstead Township-Bedminster Township 1863 Annexation yes* 1862–1863
View Annexation Plumstead Township-Bedminster Township 1864 Annexation yes* 1863–1864
View New School District Tinicum Township 1868 Independent School District yes* 1865–1868
View New Borough Hulmeville Borough 1872 Creation yes Mar 8, 1872
View New School District Line Lexington Independent School District 1873 Creation yes* 1873
View Annexation Quakertown Borough Ordinance 23 yes* 1872–1874
View General Law Newtown Borough 1874 General Law yes Sep 23, 1874
View New Borough Attleborough Borough 1874 Creation yes Dec 7, 1874
View New Borough Sellersville Borough 1874 Creation yes Dec 7, 1874
View Charter Amendment Hulmeville Borough 1875 Charter Amendment yes Dec 14, 1875
View New Name Langhorne Borough 1876 Creation yes Jun 15, 1876
View New Borough Perkasie Borough 1879 Creation yes May 10, 1879
View Boundary Realignment Bedminster Township-Plumstead Township 1882 Boundary Realignment yes* 1881–1882
View New School District Dublin Independent School District 1882 Creation yes* 1882
View Charter Amendment (Executive) Morrisville Borough 1883 Charter Amendment (Executive) yes* 1883
View Annexation Newtown Township-Newtown Borough 1886 Annexation yes* Jan 19, 1886
View New Borough Telford Borough 1886 Creation yes Dec 2, 1886
View Annexation Rockhill Township-Sellersville Borough 1887 Annexation yes Jun 14, 1887
View New Township East Rockhill Township-West Rockhill Township 1890 Creation yes May 24, 1890
View New Township Bridgeton Township 1890 Creation yes+ May 29, 1890
View New Borough Richlandtown Borough 1890 Creation yes Nov 14, 1890
View New Borough Langhorne Manor Borough 1890 Creation yes Dec 16, 1890
View Annexation East Rockhill Township-Perkasie Borough 1891 Annexation yes Dec 31, 1891
View New Borough Tullytown Borough 1892 Creation yes Jan 7, 1892
View Charter Amendment (Executive) Tullytown Borough 1892 Charter Amendment (Burgess) yes Jun 20, 1892
View Charter Amendment (Executive) Hulmeville Borough 1893 Charter Amendment (Burgess) yes Jan 23, 1893
View New Borough Yardley Borough 1895 Creation yes Jan 30, 1895
View Annexation East Rockhill Township-Perkasie Borough 1896 Annexation (1st) yes Aug 24, 1896
View Annexation East Rockhill Township-Perkasie Borough 1896 Annexation (2nd) yes Aug 24, 1896
View New Borough Silverdale Borough 1896 Creation yes Dec 11, 1896
View Annexation Tullytown Borough Ordinance 12 yes Apr 2, 1898
View Township Classification Pennsylvania 1899 Township Classification yes Apr 28, 1899
View Annexation Perkasie Borough Ordinance 17 yes May 15, 1899
View New Borough Attleboro Borough 1899 Creation yes Jun 29, 1899
View New Borough Chalfont Borough 1901 Creation yes Jun 13, 1901
View New Borough Ivyland Borough 1903 Creation yes Dec 19, 1903
View General Law Bristol Borough 1905 General Law yes* Sep 18, 1905
View New Borough Trumbauersville Borough 1908 Creation yes May 11, 1908
View Annexation Doylestown Borough Ordinance 80 yes* Aug 17, 1908
View Annexation New Hope Borough 1910 Ordinance yes* 1910
View New Name South Langhorne Borough 1910 Creation yes Oct 15, 1910
View Annexation Doylestown Borough Ordinance 91 yes* May 3, 1911
View Annexation Quakertown Borough Ordinance 165 yes* Jul 17, 1911
View Annexation Quakertown Borough Ordinance 166 yes* Jul 17, 1911
View Annexation Sellersville Borough Ordinance 67 yes* Jul 31, 1911
View New Borough Dublin Borough 1912 Creation yes Sep 3, 1912
View Annexation Perkasie Borough Ordinance 92 yes* Jan 10, 1913
View Annexation Doylestown Borough Ordinance 96 yes* Nov 26, 1913
View New Borough Riegelsville Borough 1916 Creation yes May 24, 1916
View Annexation Telford Borough Ordinance 21 yes* Jun 5, 1916
View Annexation Morrisville Borough 1918 Ordinance yes* Apr 16, 1918
View General Law Doylestown Borough 1919 General Law yes Apr 28, 1919
View Annexation Bristol Borough 1922 Ordinance yes* May 17, 1922
View Annexation Sellersville Borough 1925 Ordinance yes* Nov 9, 1925
View Annexation Chalfont Borough 1926 Ordinance yes* Feb 24, 1926
View Annexation Doylestown Borough Ordinance 128 yes* Jul 20, 1926
View Annexation Yardley Borough Ordinance 64 yes* Mar 17, 1927
View New Borough New Britain Borough 1928 Creation yes May 25, 1928
View Annexation Doylestown Borough Ordinance 141 yes* Nov 7, 1928
View Annexation New Britain Borough Ordinance 3 yes* Feb 27, 1929
View New Township Lower Southampton Township-Upper Southampton Township 1929 Creation yes Dec 2, 1929
View Annexation Perkasie Borough Ordinance 140 yes Jul 7, 1930
View Annexation Doylestown Borough Ordinance 158 yes* Nov 5, 1930
View Dissolution West Telford Borough-Telford Borough 1935 Consolidation yes Jan 11, 1935
View Annexation Sellersville Borough Ordinance 119 yes* Apr 29, 1936
View Annexation Ivyland Borough Ordinance 17 yes* Mar 18, 1941
View Annexation Chalfont Borough 1941 Ordinance yes* Apr 4, 1941
View General Law Doylestown Borough 1944 General Law yes* Oct 30, 1944
View Annexation Quakertown Borough Ordinance 353 and 509 yes Mar 12, 1947
View Annexation Quakertown Borough Ordinance 354 and 509 yes Apr 7, 1947
View New Name Penndel Borough 1947 Creation yes Nov 24, 1947
View Annexation Milford Township-Trumbauersville Borough 1948 Annexation yes Apr 12, 1948
View Annexation Doylestown Borough Ordinance 227 yes* May 3, 1948
View Annexation Chalfont Borough 1948 Ordinance yes* Jan 22, 1949
View Annexation Newtown Borough Ordinance 172 and 173 yes* Apr 29, 1949
View Annexation Doylestown Borough Ordinance 242 yes* Dec 6, 1949
View Annexation Bristol Borough 1950 Ordinance (2) yes* Dec 26, 1950
View First Class Township Bristol Township 1951 1st Class yes Jan 1, 1951
View Annexation Chalfont Borough Ordinance 13A yes* Sep 9, 1952
View Annexation Ivyland Borough Ordinance 53-1 yes Jan 15, 1953
View Annexation Quakertown Borough Ordinance 489 and 504 yes* May 20, 1953
View Annexation Doylestown Borough Ordinance 272 yes* Jun 22, 1953
View Annexation Chalfont Borough 1953 Ordinance yes Nov 23, 1953
View Annexation Doylestown Borough Ordinance 282 yes Nov 2, 1954
View Annexation Doylestown Borough Ordinance 281 yes Feb 4, 1955
View Annexation Chalfont Borough Ordinance 21A yes May 17, 1955
View Annexation Morrisville Borough 1955 Ordinance yes Jul 29, 1955
View Annexation Sellersville Borough Ordinance 217 yes Dec 2, 1955
View Annexation Sellersville Borough Ordinance 218 yes Dec 2, 1955
View Annexation Quakertown Borough Ordinance 539 and 562 yes Apr 13, 1956
View Annexation Dublin Borough Ordinance 51 yes Dec 14, 1956
View Annexation Doylestown Borough Ordinance of 3/21/1957 yes May 22, 1957
View Annexation Doylestown Borough Ordinance of 20 May 1957 (NW) yes Aug 16, 1957
View Annexation Doylestown Borough Ordinance of 20 May 1957 (SW) yes Aug 16, 1957
View Annexation Quakertown Borough Ordinance 581 yes Aug 30, 1957
View Annexation Quakertown Borough Ordinance 592 yes May 20, 1958
View Annexation Telford Borough Ordinance 84 yes Aug 15, 1958
View Annexation Quakertown Borough Ordinance 601 yes Nov 4, 1958
View Annexation Morrisville Borough 1956 Ordinance yes Jan 23, 1959
View Annexation Chalfont Borough Ordinance 44A yes May 20, 1959
View Annexation Riegelsville Borough Ordinance 74 yes Nov 7, 1961
View School Districts Souderton School District 1963 Creation? yes* 1963
View Annexation Sellersville Borough Ordinance 305 yes May 21, 1963
View Annexation Telford Borough Ordinance 122 yes Jul 10, 1964
View Annexation Sellersville Borough Ordinance 320 yes Dec 14, 1964
View Annexation New Britain Borough Ordinance 74 yes* 1965
View Annexation Chalfont Borough Ordinance 84A yes* 1966
View Annexation Doylestown Borough Ordinance 1966-12 yes* 1966
View Annexation Quakertown Borough Ordinance 659 yes* 1964–1966
View Annexation Quakertown Borough Ordinance 702 yes* 1966
View Annexation Quakertown Borough Ordinance 685 yes May 27, 1966
View Annexation Quakertown Borough Ordinance 703 yes Dec 22, 1966
View Annexation Quakertown Borough Ordinance 723 yes* 1967
View Annexation Sellersville Borough-Perkasie Borough 1967 Annexation yes* 1967
View Annexation Newtown Borough Ordinance 270 yes* Nov 6, 1967
View Annexation New Britain Borough Ordinance 94 yes* Mar 5, 1968
View Annexation New Hope Borough-Solebury Township Reconstructed 1953-1969 Annexation yes? 1953–1969
View Annexation Quakertown Borough Ordinance 751 yes* 1969
View Annexation Quakertown Borough Ordinance 758 yes* 1969
View Annexation Chalfont Borough-New Britain Township 1970 Annexation yes* 1970
View New School District Wycombe Independent School District 1960s Creation yes* 1960–1970
View Annexation Bristol Township-Bristol Borough Reconstructed 1950-1971 Annexation yes? 1950–1971
View Annexation Perkasie Borough Ordinance 312 yes* 1963–1971
View Annexation Riegelsville Borough Ordinance 105 yes* 1968–1974
View Home Rule Chalfont Borough 1976 Home Rule yes Jan 5, 1976
View Council-Manager Form Quakertown Borough 1976 Optional Plan yes Jan 5, 1976
View Mayor-Council Form Bristol Township 1986 Optional Plan yes Jan 6, 1986
View Mayor-Council Form Bensalem Township 1990 Optional Plan yes Jan 1, 1990
View Annexation Newtown Township-Newtown Borough 1992 Annexation yes* Feb 18, 1992
View School District Annexation Riegelsville Independent School District 2013 Creation yes Jul 1, 2013
View Boundary Realignment Falls Township-Tullytown Borough 2014 Boundary Ascertainment yes Apr 9, 2014

Government Action

Detail Action Date Approved Effective Location
View
View 		Election May 17, 1838
View Election: [For or against the consolidation of the Borough of Telford and the Borough of West Telford into one borough by the name, style, and title of the Borough of Telford] Nov 6, 1934
View Election: "SHALL THE CORPORATE NAME OF THE BOROUGH OF SOUTH LANGHORNE, BUCKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, BE CHANGED FROM 'THE BOROUGH OF SOUTH LANGHORNE' TO 'THE BOROUGH OF PENNDEL?'" Nov 4, 1947
View Certification Feb 7, 1950
View Election: "DO YOU FAVOR A CHANGE OF BRISTOL TOWNSHIP FROM A SECOND CLASS TO A FIRST CLASS TOWNSHIP?" Nov 7, 1950
View Certification Aug 10, 1951
View Certification Mar 3, 1952
View
View 		Election Nov 4, 1952
View Election Nov 5, 1957 Rejected
View Election: "Do you favor a change of Warminster Township, from a second class township to a first class township?" Nov 3, 1959 Rejected
View Election Nov 6, 1962
View Election: "Do you favor a change of Warminster Township, from a second class township to a first class township?" Nov 5, 1963 Rejected
View Charter Commission Election Nov 7, 1972
View Charter Commission Election: [For or against the election of a government study commission for the Borough of Chalfont] Nov 7, 1972
View Charter Commission Election: "Shall a Government Study Commission of nine (9) members be elected to study the charter and plan of government of the Borough of Quakertown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, to study and consider the advisability of the adoption of an Optional Plan of Government or a Home Rule Charter and to recommend whether or not an Optional Form of Government or a Home Rule Charter should be adopted?" Nov 7, 1972
View Election: "Shall the Council-Manager Plan including recommendations pertaining to optional provisions contained in the report of the Government Study Commission dated August 7, 1973, as authorized by the Home Rule Charter and Optional Plans Law, be adopted by the Borough of Quakertown?" May 21, 1974
View Election Nov 5, 1974 Rejected
View Election: "Shall the Home Rule Charter contained in the report dated May 7, 1974, of the Government Study Commission, prepared in accordance with the Home Rule Charter and Optional Plans Law (Act 62) be adopted by the Borough of Chalfont?" Nov 5, 1974
View Charter Commission Election May 20, 1975 Rejected
View Charter Commission Election Nov 2, 1976 Rejected
View
View 		Charter Commission Election May 17, 1977
View Charter Commission Election Nov 7, 1978 Rejected
View Election Nov 7, 1978 Rejected
View Election May 15, 1979 Rejected
View Charter Commission Election: [For or against the election of a government study commission for Bristol Township] Nov 8, 1983
View Election: "Shall Executive (Mayor) - Council Plan C, including recommendations pertaining to optional provisions contained in the report of the Government Study Commission, dated August 4, 1984, as authorized by the Home Rule Charter and Optional Plans Law, be adopted by the Bristol Township?" Nov 6, 1984
View Charter Commission Election: "BENSALEM TOWNSHIP GOVERNMENT STUDY COMMISSION Shall a government study commission of nine members be elected to study the existing form of government of the municipality; to consider the advisability of the adoption of an optional form of government and to recommend whether or not an optional plan of government should be adopted?" Nov 4, 1986
View Election: "Shall MAYOR-COUNCIL PLAN B, including recommendations pertaining to optional provisions contained in the report of the Government Study Commission dated August 1, 1987, as authorized by the Home Rule Charter and Optional Plans Law, be adopted by BENSALEM TOWNSHIP?" Nov 3, 1987

Research Log

Detail Type/Notes Log Date Coverage
Criminal Docket bk. 1852-1858 (1852–1858)
Deed Grantor Index bk. -1919 (form–1919)
Law Library Visit
Law Reporters (Trial Ct.) bk. 1–30 (1952–1970s)
License executed Nov 14, 2015
License executed Nov 25, 2016
License executed Nov 24, 2018
Miscellaneous Docket (Q.Sess.) bk. 1 (1866–1881)
Miscellaneous Docket (Q.Sess.) bk. 2 (1883–1891)
Miscellaneous Docket (Q.Sess.) bk. 4–11 (1892–1913)
Miscellaneous Docket (Q.Sess.) bk. 14–26 (1910s–1940s)
Miscellaneous Docket (Q.Sess.) bk. 27–30 (1946–1956)
Miscellaneous Docket (Q.Sess.) bk. 31–36 (1956–1962)
Miscellaneous Docket (Q.Sess.) bk. 37–44 (1962–1967)
Miscellaneous Docket (Q.Sess.) bk. 1967–1971 (1967–1971)
Miscellaneous Papers (Q.Sess.) bk. 1407–1459 (1876–1877)
Miscellaneous Papers (Q.Sess.) bk. 1463–1478 (1878–1870s)
Miscellaneous Papers (Q.Sess.) bk. 1557–1573 (1881)
Miscellaneous Papers (Q.Sess.) bk. 1657–2742 (1886–1904)
Open Records Request (Miscellaneous) Oct 15, 2009
Open Records Request (Miscellaneous) Nov 10, 2009
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 1715-1753, p. 1–1715-1753, p. 303 (1715–1743)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 1754-1782, p. 557–1782-1801, p. 502 (1775–1797)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 3–6 (1813–1853)
Quarter Sessions Docket bk. 7–10 (1853–1890)

National Archives

Detail Source Set Government File Unit From To
View 1940-1950 Cns. Minor Civ. Div. Corr. Bucks County 17500449 70 77
View 1940-1950 Cns. Minor Civ. Div. Corr. Bucks County 17500450 62 62
View Cns. Mp. 1940 Bucks County 5836972 1 1
View Cns. Mp. 1950 Bucks County 34427690 1 1
View Cns. Mp. 1950 Philadelphia Urbanized Area 34427701 1 1

Other Event Links

Detail Type Description Successful? Date
View Annexation Wrightstown Township Proposed 1721 Annexation unknown 1721
View Boundary Realignment Lower Makefield Township-Upper Makefield Township 1700s Boundary Realignment unknown 1753
View New Township Tinicum Township Proposed 1761 Division unknown 1761
View New Township Buckingham Township-New Britain Township-Plumstead Township-Warwick Township Proposed 1814 New Township no* 1814
View Boundary Realignment Bristol Township-Falls Township-Lower Makefield Township-Middletown Township Proposed 1815 Boundary Realignment no* 1815
View New Township Warwick Township Proposed 1841 Division no* 1841
View New Township West Nockamixon Township Proposed 1841 Creation no* 1841
View New Township Nockamixon Township Proposed 1841 Division no* 1841–1842
View Annexation Northampton Township-Southampton Township Proposed 1842 Annexation no* 1842
View New Township Union Township Proposed 1851 Creation no* 1851–1852
View New Township Union Township Proposed 1852 Creation no* 1852
View Annexation Northampton Township-Southampton Township Proposed 1852 Annexation no* 1852–1853
View New Township Bridgeton Township Proposed 1856 Creation no* 1856
View New Township Neshaminy Township Proposed 1856 Creation no* 1856
View Annexation Warwick Township-Warminster Township Proposed 1856 Annexation unknown 1856
View New Township East Springfield Township Proposed 1856 Creation no* 1856–1857
View Annexation Tinicum Township-Plumstead Township Proposed 1860 Annexation unknown 1860
View New Township Delaware Township Proposed 1862 Creation no* 1862
View New Borough Sellersville Borough Proposed 1865 Creation no 1865
View New School District Milford Township Proposed 1867 Independent School District no* 1867
View New School District Haycock Township-Richland Township Proposed 1869 Independent School District unknown 1869
View New School District Richland Township-Springfield Township Proposed 1869 Independent School District unknown 1869
View New Borough Attleborough Borough Proposed 1871 Creation no 1871
View New School District New Britain Township-Doylestown Township Proposed 1868 Independent School District no* 1868–1871
View New Township Rockhill Township Proposed 1870 Division no* 1870–1871
View New School District Bedminster Township-Hilltown Township Proposed 1872 Independent School District no* 1872–1873
View New School District Durham Township Proposed 1874 Independent School District no* 1874
View New Township Rockhill Township Proposed 1875 Division no* 1875
View New School District Milford Township Proposed 1876 Independent School District no* 1876–1877
View New Borough Perkasie Borough Proposed 1878 Creation no 1878
View New Borough Bridgeton Borough Proposed 1882 Creation no* 1882
View School District Annexation Lower Makefield Township-Newtown Township Proposed 1890 School District Annexation no* 1890
View New Borough Bridgetown Borough Proposed 1891 Creation no 1891
View New School District Warminster Township Proposed 1892 Independent School District unknown 1892
View New Borough Benjamin Borough Proposed 1894 Creation no 1894
View New Borough Benjamin Borough Proposed 1895 Creation no 1895
View New Borough Springtown Borough Proposed 1895 Creation no 1895
View New Borough Riegelsville Borough Proposed 1896 Creation no* 1896
View Annexation East Rockhill Township-Hilltown Township to Perkasie Borough Proposed 1898 Annexation no 1898
View New Township Richland Township Proposed 1902 Division no* 1902
View New Borough Trumbauersville Borough Proposed 1903 Creation no 1903
View New Borough Trevose Borough Proposed 1914 Creation no 1914–1915
View New Borough Andalusia Borough Proposed 1929 Creation no* 1929–1930
View Boundary Realignment Quakertown Borough-Richland Township 1947 Boundary Realignment unknown~ 1947
View First Class Township Bensalem Township Proposed 1952 1st Class no* 1952
View First Class Township Warminster Township Proposed 1952 1st Class no* 1952
View Boundary Realignment Bristol Township-Tullytown to Falls Proposed 1952 Boundary Realignment no* 1952–1953
View Annexation Quakertown Borough Ordinance 490 no* 1953–1954
View Annexation Quakertown Borough Ordinance 491 no* 1953–1954
View Annexation Quakertown Borough Ordinance 492 no* 1953–1954
View Annexation Bristol Borough 1950 Ordinance (1) no* 1950–1955
View New Borough Fallsboro Borough Proposed 1954 Creation no 1954–1956
View Annexation Quakertown Borough Ordinance 540 no 1954–1956
View Annexation Yardley Borough 1955 Ordinance unknown 1955–1956
View First Class Township Bensalem Township Proposed 1957 1st Class no* 1957
View New Borough Croydon Borough Proposed 1955 Creation no 1955–1958
View First Class Township Warminster Township Proposed 1959 1st Class no 1959
View Annexation Yardley Borough 1961 Ordinance unknown 1961
View First Class Township Upper Southampton Township Proposed 1962 1st Class no* 1962
View First Class Township Warminster Township Proposed 1963 1st Class no 1963
View Annexation Yardley Borough Ordinance 158 no* 1961–1964
View Annexation Quakertown Borough Ordinance 790 no* 1972
View Home Rule (County) Bucks County Proposed 1972 Home Rule no* 1972–1974
View Home Rule Upper Makefield Township Proposed 1975 Home Rule no* 1975
View Home Rule New Britain Township Proposed 1976 Home Rule no* 1976
View Home Rule Bristol Borough Proposed 1978 Home Rule no* 1978
View Home Rule (County) Bucks County Proposed 1977 Home Rule no* 1977–1978
View Home Rule Warminster Township Proposed 1977 Home Rule no* 1977–1979
View New Borough Two Ponds Borough Proposed 1983 Creation no 1983
View Home Rule (County) Bucks County Proposed 1985 Home Rule no 1985–1986