Gallows Hill, Pennsylvania

Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, United States

40°31′50″N 75°13′19″W / 40.53056°N 75.22194°W / 40.53056; -75.22194CountryUnited StatesStatePennsylvaniaCountyBucksTownship SpringfieldElevation

617 ft (188 m)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)ZIP code

18930

Area code(s)610 and 484GNIS feature ID1173597^[1]

Pennsylvania Historical Marker

Designated1925^[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

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