Hulmeville Borough

Hulmeville is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The population was 893 at the 2000 census.

School District: Neshaminy

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Location of Hulmeville in Bucks County, Pa

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.4 square miles, all of it land.

Hulmeville is built on the left bank of the Neshaminy, where the road from Trenton to Philadelphia intersects that from Newtown to Bristol. The principal part of the village is situated on high ground, a little removed from the creek.

Hulmeville is bordered by Bensalem, Bristol Township, Middletown Township, and Penndel.

History

Hulmeville takes its name from John Hulme, who settled there about the close of the eighteenth century, purchased the site of the village and a large tract adjoining, with water privileges, taking possession, 1792. The place was then called Milford and had only one house. The town site was laid out 1796-99, a post office opened with a weekly mail, and the name of the place changed to that of the new owner. It was called Hulmeville Landing, 1812, by many.

Additions were made to the corn and grist mills; fulling mill, merchant four and saw mills erected, followed by a machine shop. In a few the years the village had grown into a place of thirty dwellings, besides stores, work-shops, and mills, and a stone bridge across the Neshaminy.

Mr. Hulme brought up his sons to practical and mechanical pursuits, and had them settled around him. For several years he would not allow a public house to be opened in the village, but entertained travelers at his own residence. When the growth of the town forced him to change his policy, he built a tavern, but prohibited the opening of a bar. After the war with England, 1812-15, a crash came, and disaster overtook the sons. The population of Hulmeville was 376 in 1880 and 418 in 1890. A new iron bridge was erected here in 1899, the spans making 430 feet.

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