Sellersville Borough

Sellersville is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The population was 4,564 at the 2000 census. Sellersville is part of Pennridge School District.

School District: Pennridge

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Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 1.2 square miles, of which, 1.2 square miles of it is land and 0.04 square miles of it 1.69% is water. It is located in Southeastern Pennsylvania as part of Northern Bucks County (colloquially referred to as Upper Bucks) which borders Philadelphia County.

Sellersville borders Perkasie Borough and West Rockhill Township.

History

Sellersville began in the early 1700s. It was centered on a major road known as Bethlehem Pike that connected Philadelphia to Bethlehem and the rest of what was then far Western Pennsylvania. The town was very small and its most notable feature was a large inn. The Inn is today called the Washington House because it is believed to have been visited at least once by George Washington during the Revolutionary War. Sellersville grew slowly over the years until the Industrial Revolution. In the 1860s the North Pennsylvania Railroad was built, running parallel to Bethlehem Pike: this stimulated the growth of light textile industries and brought a wave of population growth. The East Branch of the Perkiomen Creek runs through the town which connects it to an adjacent town of Perkasie. This creek was dammed in the early 1900s creating a small body of water known as Lake Lenape. Along the length of the lake a park was built on Perkasie and Sellersville lands. In the 1920s and 30's this park housed a carousel, a roller coaster and several other amusements. The railroad brought hundreds of people from Philadelphia in the summer time, and it became a well known vacation spot for blue collar city workers.

Today, Sellersville is still relatively small, sandwiched in between a ridge line and the larger town of Perkasie. The center of town still runs along Bethlehem Pike which is now called the old Route 309. The Washington House still stands and has recently been restored to become a five star restaurant. The creek is still dammed but only the carousel in Perkasie remains of the amusements. The textile industry has long moved out of the area and Sellersville has become mainly a residential town for people working in the many urban centers that are only a short commute away. The addition of Grandview Hospital on the ridgeline overlooking Sellersville has provided some local jobs making the town a home for mainly middle class families. The town is surrounded on three sides by open country and spread out housing developments. On the other side it has grown into Perkasie to the extent that the border is only distinguishable by a few signs.

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