Gallows Hill, Pennsylvania
Gallows Hill is an unincorporated community in Springfield Township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. Gallows Hill is located at the intersection of Pennsylvania Route 412 and Stony Garden Road/Gallows Hill Road.[3]
Gallows Hill, Pennsylvania | |
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Unincorporated community | |
  Gallows Hill | |
| Coordinates: 40°31′50″N 75°13′19″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Bucks |
| Township | Springfield |
| Elevation | 617 ft (188 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 18930 |
| Area code(s) | 610 and 484 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1173597[1] |
| Designated | 1925[2] |
According to tradition, the community was named from an 18th-century traveler who hanged himself from a tree.[4]
References
- "Gallows Hill". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
- "PHMC Historical Markers Search" (Searchable database). Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
- Bucks County, Pennsylvania (Map) (19th ed.). 1"=2000'. ADC Map. 2006. p. 2583. § E5. ISBN 0-87530-774-4.
- Davis, William Watts Hart (1905). History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania: From the Discovery of the Delaware to the Present Time. Lewis Publishing Company. p. 38.
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