Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, United States
Gallows Hill, Pennsylvania | |
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Unincorporated community | |
Gallows Hill | |
Coordinates: 40°31′50″N 75°13′19″W / 40.53056°N 75.22194°W / 40.53056; -75.22194 | |
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 |
Pennsylvania Historical Marker | |
Designated | 1925 |
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.
Etymology
The community's name was derived from an 18th-century traveler who hanged himself from a tree.
References
- "Gallows Hill". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- "PHMC Historical Markers Search" (Searchable database). Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Retrieved January 25, 2014.
- 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.