This is a list of the Pennsylvania state historical markers in Bucks County.
This is intended to be a complete list of the official state historical markers placed in Bucks County, Pennsylvania by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC). The locations of the historical markers, as well as the latitude and longitude coordinates as provided by the PHMC's database, are included below when available. There are 79 historical markers located in Bucks County.[1]
Marker title | Image | Date dedicated | Location | Marker type | Topics | ||||
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Aaron Siskind (1903-1991) | 28 E. Swamp Rd. (Pa. 313) east of Pa. 611, Doylestown (Cross Keys) 40.327°N -75.1276°W | Roadside | Artists, Professions & Vocations | ||||||
Abraham Lincoln | Near intersection of Bristol Pike & Pond St., Bristol | City | Abraham Lincoln, Government & Politics, Government & Politics 19th Century | ||||||
Andalusia | 1237 State Road, Andalusia (Bensalem Township) 40.0656°N -74.9618°W | Roadside | Agriculture, Buildings, Business & Industry, Government & Politics, Government & Politics 19th Century, Professions & Vocations, Writers | ||||||
Bogart's Tavern | Route 263 and Route 413, Buckingham 40.3236°N -75.0604°W | City | American Revolution, Government & Politics, Military, Inns & Taverns | ||||||
Bristol | n/a | Old U.S. 13 SR 2002 (Missing) | Roadside | Cities & Towns, Early Settlement, Government & Politics | |||||
Bristol | n/a | Old U.S. 13 SR 2002 (Missing) | Roadside | Cities & Towns, Early Settlement, Government & Politics | |||||
Bristol | Old US 13 at Otter Rd., S of Bristol 40.0972°N -74.8704°W | Roadside | Cities & Towns, Early Settlement, Government & Politics 17th Century, Transportation | ||||||
Bristol | n/a | Old U.S. 13 N of Bristol (Missing) | Roadside | Cities & Towns | |||||
Buckingham Meeting House | U.S. 202 NE of Buckingham (Missing) | Roadside | American Revolution, Buildings, Houses & Homesteads, Military, Religion | ||||||
Bucks County | Courthouse, E. Court St., Doylestown 40.312°N -75.1297°W | City | Government & Politics, Government & Politics 17th Century, William Penn | ||||||
Casimir Sienkiewicz (1890-1974) | 202 E. Court St., Doylestown 40.3144°N -75.1269°W | Roadside | Artists, Business & Industry, Ethnic & Immigration | ||||||
Charles Sheeler | 39 Mercer Ave. at Center St., Doylestown 40.3256°N -75.1273°W | City | Artists | ||||||
Delaware Canal | Pa. 32 near marker 894 (Missing) | Roadside | Canals, Navigation, Transportation | ||||||
Delaware Canal | U.S. 13 at Bristol, South Side (Missing) | Roadside | Canals, Navigation, Transportation | ||||||
Delaware Canal | U.S. 13 at Bristol, North Side (Missing) | Roadside | Canals, Navigation, Transportation | ||||||
Delaware Canal | Pa. 611 at Durham Furnace | Roadside | Canals, Navigation, Transportation | ||||||
Delaware Canal | near covered bridge on Uhlerstown Hill Rd., ~ 1/4 mile west of Pa. 32 at Uhlerstown | Roadside | Canals, Navigation, Transportation | ||||||
Delaware Canal | Pa. 32 at Tinicum (Missing) | Roadside | Canals, Navigation, Transportation | ||||||
Delaware Canal | Pa. 32, just S of Pa. 232 at New Hope | Roadside | Canals, Navigation, Transportation | ||||||
Delaware Canal | Pa. 32 at Lumberville | Roadside | Canals, Navigation, Transportation | ||||||
Delaware Canal | Pa. 32, 2.3 miles N of Washington Crossing at Jericho Creek (Missing) | Roadside | Canals, Navigation, Transportation | ||||||
Delaware Canal | Pa. 32, 50 ft. N of Pa. 232 at New Hope 40.3584°N -74.9492°W | Roadside | Canals, Navigation, Transportation | ||||||
Doan Gang (The) | 4914A Point Pleasant Pike, Gardenville, @ Friends Mtg. House 40.3674°N -75.1147°W | Roadside | American Revolution, Government & Politics 18th Century | ||||||
Doylestown Agricultural Works | Ashland St. near Main, Doylestown 40.3074°N -75.1301°W | Roadside | Agriculture, Business & Industry, Iron | ||||||
Durham Furnace | Pa. 212 at Durham 40.574°N -75.2247°W | Roadside | American Revolution, Business & Industry, Furnaces, Military | ||||||
Durham Road Milestone | Pa. 413, 1 mile S of Newtown 40.2141°N -74.9313°W | Roadside | Roads, Transportation | ||||||
Edward Hicks | 122 Penn St., Newtown 40.2264°N -74.9348°W | City | Artists | ||||||
Famous Indian Walk (The) - PLAQUE | PA 412, ~ a mile SW of Springtown (plaque missing) | Plaque | Government & Politics 18th Century, Native American, William Penn | ||||||
First Weather Satellite, The | State & Sterling Streets, Newtown 40.224°N -74.936°W | City | Business & Industry, Environment, Invention | ||||||
Fries Rebellion of 1799, The | Main & Broad Sts., Quakertown 40.4024°N -75.3525°W | City | Agriculture, Ethnic & Immigration, Government & Politics, Government & Politics 18th Century, Military | ||||||
Gallows Hill - PLAQUE | Intersection PA 412 & SR 4075 (Gallows Hill Rd.), Stony Point 40.5312°N -75.2228°W | Plaque | Native American, Paths & Trails | ||||||
Henry Chapman Mercer | Pa. 313 in front of Tile Works, Doylestown 40.3238°N -75.1221°W | Roadside | Artists, Buildings, Business & Industry, Invention, Professions & Vocations | ||||||
Historic Fallsington | SR 2020 (Tyburn Rd.) at SR 2026 (New Falls Road), Fallingston (Missing) | Roadside | Buildings, Cities & Towns, Early Settlement, Government & Politics, Government & Politics 17th Century, Religion, William Penn | ||||||
Historic Fallsington | U.S. 1 at intersection LR 09136, south side of highway (Missing) | Roadside | Early Settlement, Government & Politics, Government & Politics 17th Century, Religion, William Penn | ||||||
Historic Fallsington | Business US 1 at SR 2020 (Tyburn Rd.) | Roadside | Early Settlement, Government & Politics, Government & Politics 17th Century, Religion, William Penn | ||||||
Honey Hollow Watershed | Rte. 232, Solebury Twp. | Roadside | Agriculture, Environment | ||||||
James A. Michener | East Court St. near Broad St., Doylestown 40.3124°N -75.1289°W | Roadside | Writers | ||||||
John Fitch's Steamboat | Jct. Pa. 132 & 263, Warminster 40.2068°N -75.0995°W | Roadside | Business & Industry, Invention, Professions & Vocations, Transportation | ||||||
Johnsville Naval Air Development Center | E Street Rd., 200 yds. N of Newton Rd., Warminster 40.193°N -75.0753°W | Roadside | Business & Industry, Military, Military Post-Civil War | ||||||
Joseph Ridgway Grundy (1863-1961) | 610-680 Radcliffe St., Bristol 40.0977°N -74.8504°W | Roadside | Business & Industry, Government & Politics 20th Century, Publishing | ||||||
Katharine Drexel (1858-1955) | 1663 Bristol Pike, Bensalem 40.0731°N -74.9577°W | Roadside | African American, Education, Native American, Religion, Women | ||||||
Langhorne Speedway | 1939 E Lincoln Hwy., Langhorne 40.176°N -74.8858°W | Roadside | Sports | ||||||
Levittown | Levittown Parkway at U.S. 13, Levittown 40.1414°N -74.8183°W | Roadside | Buildings, Business & Industry, Cities & Towns | ||||||
Log College | Between 800 and 886 N York Rd. (PA 263), near Tennyson Dr., across from Log College Manor, Warminster 40.2148°N -75.0994°W | Roadside | Early Settlement, Education, Religion | ||||||
Loyalist Raid of 1778 | State & Mercer Streets, Newtown 40.2274°N -74.9369°W | City | American Revolution, Military, Inns & Taverns | ||||||
Margaret Mead | 225 W. Court St., Doylestown 40.3068°N -75.1351°W | City | Medicine & Science, Women, Writers | ||||||
Martin Johnson Heade (1819-1904) | Rte. 32, Lumberville, in front of Lumberville General store 40.4065°N -75.0372°W | City | Artists | ||||||
Moland House | 1641 Old York Rd., Hartsville 40.2486°N -75.0927°W | Roadside | American Revolution, George Washington, Military | ||||||
Mollie Woods Hare (1881-1956) | At entrance to Woods Services, between 321 and 335 S Bellevue Ave., Langhorne 40.1731°N -74.9188°W | Roadside | Education, Medicine & Science, Women | ||||||
Oscar Hammerstein II | E State St. (Bus. 202) at East Rd., Doylestown 40.3127°N -75.1141°W | Roadside | Music & Theater | ||||||
Pearl S. Buck | Green Hills Farm, 520 Dublin Road, Perkasie | Roadside | Women, Writers | ||||||
Pennsbury | At site, E of Tullytown | Roadside | Government & Politics, Government & Politics 17th Century, William Penn | ||||||
Pennsbury Manor | SR 2020 (Tyburn Rd.) S of Fallsington; SR 2059 (New Ford Rd.) at SR 2020 | Roadside | Government & Politics, Government & Politics 17th Century, William Penn | ||||||
Pennsbury Manor | SR 2055 (old U.S. 13) Tullytown, near junction SR 2059 40.1427°N -74.8112°W | Roadside | Government & Politics, Government & Politics 17th Century, William Penn | ||||||
Pennsylvania | PA 413, .4 miles west of bridge at state line, Bristol 40.085°N -74.8712°W | Roadside | Government & Politics, Government & Politics 17th Century, William Penn | ||||||
Pennsylvania | U.S. 1, approx. 300 yards west of Delaware River Bridge (MISSING) | Roadside | Government & Politics, Government & Politics 17th Century, William Penn | ||||||
Pennsylvania | Bridge St. (Old US 1 / Rt. 32), at Central Ave., 1 block from Delaware River, Morrisville 40.2101°N -74.7717°W | Roadside | Government & Politics, Government & Politics 17th Century, William Penn | ||||||
Pennsylvania Canal | Pa. 32, 3.5 miles N of New Hope | Roadside | Canals, Navigation, Transportation | ||||||
Pennsylvania Canal | Pa. 611 at Durham Furnace (MISSING) | Roadside | Canals, Navigation, Transportation | ||||||
Pennsylvania Canal | River Rd. (PA 32) at Old Carversville Rd., Lumberville 40.4073°N -75.0387°W | Roadside | Canals, Navigation, Transportation | ||||||
Pennsylvania Canal | Pa. 532 W of Washington Crossing (MISSING) | Roadside | Canals, Navigation, Transportation | ||||||
Playwicky Indian Town, 1682 - PLAQUE | PA 213 (Bridgetown Pike), .5 mile from Neshaminy Creek & 2.5 miles W of Langhorne | Plaque | Early Settlement, Government & Politics 17th Century, Native American, William Penn | ||||||
Revolutionary War Burial Site | Intersection of Bellevue & Flowers Ave., Langhorne Borough 40.1739°N -74.9192°W | Roadside | American Revolution, George Washington, Military | ||||||
Richard Moore | 401 South Main Street, Quakertown [2] | City | African American, Houses & Homesteads, Religion, Underground Railroad | ||||||
Richboro Nike Missile Battery PH-07 | Northampton Twp. Rec. Ctr., Rt. 332, Richboro | Roadside | Government & Politics 20th Century, Military, Military Post-Civil War | ||||||
Rochambeau Route | Bristol Pike (Rt. 13) & Mill Rd., Bensalem 40.0651°N -74.9805°W | Roadside | American Revolution, George Washington, Military, Transportation | ||||||
Samuel D. Ingham | U.S. 202, 1.5 miles W of New Hope | Roadside | Business & Industry, Canals, Coal, Government & Politics, Government & Politics 18th Century, Professions & Vocations | ||||||
Summerseat | At site, Legion Ave., near Hillcrest Ave., Morrisville | Roadside | American Revolution, George Washington, Military | ||||||
Treasure Island Reservation | Pa. 32, 3.5 miles N of Point Pleasant 40.471°N -75.0697°W | Roadside | Education, Native American, Sports | ||||||
Trevose | U.S. 1, 3.5 miles W of S. Langhorne (Missing) | City | Government & Politics, Government & Politics 17th Century, William Penn | ||||||
W. Atlee Burpee | Burpee Park, Church St. near E Oakland Ave. (Rt. 202), Doylestown 40.3109°N -75.1251°W | City | Agriculture, Business & Industry, Entrepreneurs, Invention | ||||||
W.W.H. Davis | 60 E. Court Street, Doylestown 40.3121°N -75.1293°W | City | Civil War, Government & Politics, Government & Politics 19th Century, Military, Professions & Vocations, Writers | ||||||
Walking Purchase | PA 412 off PA 212, near Moyer Rd., ~1.5 mi. SW of Springtown 40.546°N -75.3036°W | Roadside | Early Settlement, Government & Politics 18th Century, Native American, William Penn | ||||||
Walking Purchase | Pa. 611 at Ottsville | Roadside | Early Settlement, Government & Politics 18th Century, Native American, William Penn | ||||||
Walking Purchase | Pa. 413 at Penn Park Rd., near Wrightstown (in yard of Friends Mtg. House beside 10' tall brown stone) | Roadside | Government & Politics, Government & Politics 17th Century, Native American | ||||||
Walking Purchase | PA 413 at Wrightstown (Missing) | Roadside | Government & Politics, Government & Politics 18th Century, Native American | ||||||
Walking Purchase | Pa. 611, .5 mile N of Ottsville (Missing) | Roadside | Government & Politics, Government & Politics 18th Century, Native American | ||||||
Walking Purchase | PA 412, SW of Springtown | Roadside | Government & Politics 18th Century, Native American, William Penn | ||||||
Washington Crossing | Pa. 532 at Washington Crossing | Roadside | American Revolution, George Washington, Military | ||||||
William Penn's First Walking Purchase | Jericho Creek @ intersection of River & Taylorsville Rds., Washington Crossing | Roadside | Early Settlement, Government & Politics, Native American, Paths & Trails, Transportation, William Penn |