Milford Township | |
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Country | United States |
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State | Pennsylvania |
County | Bucks |
Elevation | 433 ft (132.0 m) |
Coordinates | 40°25′13″N 75°24′20″W / 40.42028°N 75.40556°WCoordinates: 40°25′13″N 75°24′20″W / 40.42028°N 75.40556°W |
Area | 28.1 sq mi (72.8 km2) |
- land | 28.1 sq mi (73 km2) |
- water | 0.04 sq mi (0 km2), 0.14% |
Population | 9,902 (2010) |
Density | 314.0/sq mi (121.2/km2) |
Timezone | EST (UTC-5) |
- summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
Area code | 215 & 267 |
Location of Milford Township in Bucks County
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Milford Township is a township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 9,902 at the 2010 census. It is home to the Quakertown interchange of the Northeast Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike (Interstate 476).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 28.1 square miles (72.8 km²), of which, 28.1 square miles (72.7 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (0.11%) is water. Milford Township is in the Delaware watershed and most of it is drained by the Unami Creek and Macoby Creek into the Perkiomen Creek and Schuylkill River, but an area in the eastern portion is drained eastward by the Tohickon Creek.
In Milford Township, Interstate 476 has its Quakertown Interchange with Route 663, which connects Quakertown to the east with Pennsburg and Pottstown. A local north-to-south thoroughfare is Allentown Road, which extends south from Coopersburg into Montgomery County. Other local roads of note include Krammes Road/Spinnerstown Road, Kumry Road, Old Bethlehem Pike, Sleepy Hollow Road/Steinburg Road, and Trumbauersville Road. The township's villages include Brick Tavern, Finland, Geryville (also in Montgomery County and pronounced with a hard "g,") Kumry, Milford Square, Rosedale, Sleepy Hollow, Spinnerstown, and Steinsburg.
The borough of Trumbauersville is surrounded by Milford Township.
As of the 2010 census, the township was 94.1% White, 1.5% Black or African American, 0.1% Native American, 1.4% Asian, and 1.3% were two or more races. 1.8% of the population were of Hispanic or Latino ancestry.