Buckingham Township

Buckingham Township is a township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The population was 16,442 at the 2000 census. Buckingham takes its name from Buckingham in Buckinghamshire known as Bucks County in England. Buckingham Township was once known as Greenville and was once the historic county seat of the English Bucks County.

School District: Cental Bucks School District

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Buckingham's Location in Bucks County

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 33.1 square miles, of which, 33.1 square miles of it is land and 0.04 square miles of it 0.06% is water.

Buckingham borders Solebury Township, Plumstead Township, Upper Makefield, Wrightstown, Warwick, Doylestown Borough, and Doylestown Township.

History

Physically, Buckingham is the biggest township in the county. Its geography is dominated by Buckingham Mountain which rises to a height of 520 feet, but its landscape is characterized by gently rolling countryside. Blessed by many streams and rich soil, it has yielded bountiful harvests for 300 years.

Agriculture has been Buckingham's principal industry since its founding, and the Township still retains a strong farm community. However, since the mid-1970s, there has been a substantial shift in the landscape from rural to suburban. New needs have accompanied the change in character. The Township now provides public parks and recently purchased an additional 40 acres for needed sports fields.

In 1995, voters approved a referendum to borrow $4 million for the purchase of easements on Township farms that prevent their development forever. In 1999, by an even greater margin of support, Buckingham residents approved a second referendum for $9.5 million for the purchase of park land and additional easements.

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