Bedminster Township, PA
| Bedminster Township, Pennsylvania | |
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.svg) Location of Pennsylvania in the United States |
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| Coordinates: 40°26′00″N 75°07′23″W / 40.43333°N 75.12306°WCoordinates: 40°26′00″N 75°07′23″W / 40.43333°N 75.12306°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Bucks |
| Area | |
| • Total | 31.24 sq mi (80.91 km2) |
| • Land | 30.46 sq mi (78.89 km2) |
| • Water | 0.78 sq mi (2.02 km2) |
| Elevation | 341 ft (104 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 6,574 |
| • Estimate (2016) | 7,044 |
| • Density | 231.25/sq mi (89.28/km2) |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| Area code(s) | 215 |
| FIPS code | 42-017-04976 |
Bedminster Township is a township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 6,574 at the 2010 census. Bedminster is part of Pennridge School District.
Deep Run Presbyterian Church was established before 1725, Reverend William Tennant served as pastor from 1726 to 1738. In 1741, thirty-five residents, mostly Irish and German, petitioned the Court of Quarter Sessions to lay out the township which was granted and the land was surveyed by John Chapman. The name was taken from the town of the same name in Somersetshire, near Bristol, England. In 1841, the original church building was replaced, the new building was commonly called the 'Irish Meeting House', which still stands today. By 1746, enough Mennonites moved into the township to build a log church in the southeastern part of the township. The Tohickon Reformed Church was organized probably in June, 1745, the first pastor was Reverend John Conrad Wirtz, of Zurich, Switzerland. Keller's Church was founded by Lutherans in 1744.
The Stover-Myers Mill was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 31.1 square miles (81 km2), of which, 30.2 square miles (78 km2) of it is land and 1.0 square mile (2.6 km2) of it (3.18%) is water. It is drained by the Tohickon Creek, which forms its northern boundary and drains eastward into the Delaware River. Lake Nockamixon forms much of the NW boundary.
Its villages include Bedminster, Bedminster Center, Deep Run, Elephant, Fretz, Griers Corner (also in Hilltown and Plumstead Townships), Hagersville, Jacobsville, Keelersville, Kellers Church, Kulps Corner (also in Hilltown Township), Owlsburg, Pipersville, and Weisel.
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