Haycock Township

Haycock Township is a township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The population was 2,191 at the 2000 census.

School District: Quakertown Community

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Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 21.2 square miles, of which, 20.1 square miles of it is land and 1.2 square miles of it 5.55% is water.

Haycock Township borders Nockamixon, Richland, Springfield, Bedminster, and East Rockhill Township.

History

Haycock Township was established in 1763 and was formed from "odds and ends" that were left over after all the surrounding townships had formed. The area that became Haycock was populated and had some roads, including Old Bethlehem Road, but there was no government to levy taxes and maintain roads and order. The name was derived from the conical shaped stacks of hay in fields that were call haycocks.

Haycock Township contains 2010 acres of State Game Lands, including Haycock Mountain, also within the Township are the 500 acre Lake Towhee County Park, and a large part of Lake Nockamixon State Park.

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