Hood, Pennsylvania Explained

Hood, Pennsylvania
Settlement Type:Populated place
Pushpin Map:Pennsylvania#USA
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Hood in Pennsylvania
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Pennsylvania
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Bucks
Subdivision Type3:Borough
Subdivision Name3:New Hope
Population As Of:2010
Population Density Sq Mi:auto
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Elevation Ft:108
Elevation M:33
Coordinates:40.3608°N -74.9631°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP Codes
Area Code:215
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID

Hood is a populated place that is located in New Hope, a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States.[1]

History

The site features ruins of the Robert Heath Mills, a grist mill built in the early 1700s.[2]

The original name of this community was Springdale.

Geography

Hood has an estimated elevation of 108feet above sea level and is located at the intersection of Mechanic Street and Sugan Road. Located near the settlement are Aquetong Creek and New Hope and Ivyland Railroad.

See also

Springdale Historic District (New Hope, Pennsylvania)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hood (in Bucks County, PA) Populated Place Profile . PA Hometown Locator. December 18, 2015.
  2. Web site: Historic New Hope, Pennsylvania . McNealy, Terry A. . Spring 2005 . Bucks County Town & Country Living . Greater New Hope Chamber of Commerce . [A] thousand acres of land were surveyed for a man named Robert Heath in 1700, covering the site of present-day New Hope. ... Robert Heath may well have chosen the location of his land grant because it included a stream that came to be known as Ingham Creek (from the name of a prominent landowner a century later), which provided a strong enough flow to power mills. ... A local road leading to Heath’s mill is still called Sugan Road, so called for the “suggans” or saddle-bags used by farmers riding on horseback to carry their grain to the mill for grinding . December 26, 2015.