Gallows Hill, Pennsylvania

Gallows Hill, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
Gallows Hill
Coordinates: 40°31′50″N75°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 [1]
Pennsylvania Historical Marker
Designated	1925 [2]

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. ^[3]

Etymology

The community's name was derived from an 18th-century traveler who hanged himself from a tree. ^[4]

References

1. "Gallows Hill". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. "PHMC Historical Markers Search" (Searchable database). Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Retrieved January 25, 2014.
3. Bucks County, Pennsylvania (Map) (19th ed.). 1"=2000'. ADC Map. 2006. p. 2583. § E5. ISBN   0-87530-774-4.
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.