Bucks County
Bucks County, Pennsylvania
 Conveniently located halfway between New York City
and Philadelphia. The quiet, pristine beauty of Bucks
County’s wooded hillsides dotted with country estates,
stone farmhouses, and covered bridges entices visitors
to the area. Bucks County has placed seventh in tourism
among Pennsylvania counties according to the U.S.
Travel Data Center. William Penn built his country estate,
Pennsbury Manor, in Morrisville and General George
Washington crossed the Delaware from Bucks County
in 1776. Doylestown’s “Mercer Mile” includes three
museums associated with Henry Mercer including
Fonthill, the Moravian Pottery & Tile Works, and the
Mercer Museum. Twentieth-century writers Pearl
S. Buck House and the James A. Michener Art Museum.
New Hope, a charming eighteenth-century village and
modern-day artists’ colony on the Delaware River, is the
place to buy one-of-a-kind crafts, pottery and folk art.
You’ll also find charming restaurants, quaint inns and
the renowned Bucks County Playhouse. Bucks County
is home to numerous vineyards where grapes are grown
to produce the distinctive, fine wines of the Delaware Valley.
Bucks County has an abundance of guest accommodations
from grand hotels to charming country inns and bed & breakfasts.
For more information about Bucks County, visit http://www.buckscounty.org/.
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Infrastructure/Quality of Life
Major Roads
US Highway 1
US Highway 13
US Highway 202
US Interstate 276
US Interstate 476
US Interstate 95
Healthcare
Number of Hospitals: 7
Total Number of Beds: 1198
Schools
Pennsbury School System
Bucks County Community College
Delaware Valley College
Holy Family University - Bucks County Campus
LaSalle University - Bucks County Center
Philadelphia Biblical University
CHI Institute
Pennco Tech
Over 100 Colleges and Universities in the region
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