Buckingham Mountain Explained

Buckingham Mountain
Elevation Ft:	520
Location:	Bucks County, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Range:	Piedmont Plateau

Buckingham Mountain (Lenape: Pepacating ^[1]) is located in Buckingham Township in Central Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is the second most elevated land in all of Bucks County at 520 feet.

History

On top of Buckingham Mountain stands the Mount Gilead African Methodist Episcopal Church, built in 1835, and rebuilt in 1852 out of stone. It was founded by runaway slaves and was considered to be one of the more prominent refuges for runaway slaves in Southeastern Pennsylvania.

External links

• Web site: Scenic Bucks County Photos. Todd White.
• Web site: Mount Gilead A.M.E. Church, 1940 Holicong Road, Buckingham, Bucks County, PA. Historic American Buildings Survey . Library of Congress.

40.3158°N -75.0411°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Indian Place Names in Bucks County . Lenape Nation - A Tribal Community . 2012-09-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140810151428/http://lenapenation.org/content/Research%20of%20Don%20Repsher%20-%20Indian%20Place%20Names%20in%20Bucks%20County.pdf . 2014-08-10 .