Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Founding: 1682
Parent county: Unorganized territory
Namesake: Buckinghamshire, England
Seat: Bristol (1705–1726); Newtown (1726–1813); Doylestown (1813–)
Land area: 604 square miles
Population (2020): 646,538
Population (historic): 25,216 (1790); 48,107 (1840); 64,336 (1870); 71,190 (1900); 96,727 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1830; 1840–1860; 1920–2000
Subdivisions: 24 boroughs; 15 CDPs; 31 townships
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 26,960 (10.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 85.1%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 49.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.3%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 3.8%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $3,232
Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,898

Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.9 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 5,714
Average farm size (1920): 48 acres
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Doylestown

 
Namesake: William Doyle, proprietor of a tavern at the city site
Founding: 1740s (founding); 1802 (post office); 1836 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 8,300
Population (historic): 627 (1840); 1,432 (1860); 2,070 (1880); 1,764 (1900); 1,371 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1880; 1890–1910; 1920–1980; 2000s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,179 (28.7%)
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