Hartsville, Pennsylvania
Hartsville, Pennsylvania | |
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Populated place | |
 Hartsville Fire Company 9/11 Memorial | |
  Hartsville Location of Hartsville in Pennsylvania  Hartsville Hartsville (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 40°13′42″N 75°05′42″W / 40.22833°N 75.09500°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Bucks |
| Elevation | 249 ft (76 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 18974 |
| Area code(s) | 215, 267, and 445 |
| FIPS code | 42-32984 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1192587 |
Hartsville is a populated place that is situated at the crossroads of Bristol Road and the Old York Road, and straddles Warminster and Warwick Township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States.[2]
It has an estimated elevation of 427 feet (130 m) above sea level, and is served by the Warminster Post Office ZIP code of 18974.
History
[edit]Hartsville was named for Colonel William Hart, who served during the Revolutionary War. After relocating to the village during the late 1700s, he opened a new inn which he called "The Sign of the Hart."[3][4]
Initially a station stop on the Pennsylvania Northeastern Railroad that was named Hartville, that railroad depot was later renamed Ivyland.[5]
As a town gradually formed around the stop and inn, the town was renamed as Hartsville and more services were added to meet the needs of the growing population. A Presbyterian church opened its doors in Hartsville in 1839, and continued to serve its congregation until 1939, when it merged with another church; its Hartsville building was then torn down.[6][7] The church's cemetery is perpetually maintained.[8]
A collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art includes an 1843 cut-paper silhouette portrait of a Hartsville resident identified as Mrs. James P. Wilson.[9]
Recent history
[edit]The Hartsville Fire Company is the site of a 9/11 memorial.[10][11]
In 2019, water from private wells in the community was reportedly unsafe to drink because of contamination by per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) chemicals, possibly from toxic waste from closed military facilities nearby.[12]
References
[edit]- ^ "Feature Detail Report for: Hartsville". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Hartsville (in Bucks County, PA) Populated Place Profile". PA Hometown Locator. Retrieved December 18, 2015.
- ^ The Villages of Bucks County: A Guidebook, Bucks County Planning Commission, 1987
- ^ Battle, J. H. History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania: Including an Account of Its Original Exploration. Reprint Company. ISBN 9780871524096.
- ^ "Bucks County Pennsylvania Railroad Stations". www.west2k.com. Retrieved November 10, 2021.
- ^ "Neshaminy-Warwick Presbyterian Church Hartsville, Pennsylvania". Journal of Presbyterian History (1962-1985). 60 (2): 144. 1982. ISSN 0022-3883. JSTOR 23328530.
- ^ Gemmill, Helen Hartman (1976). A history of Neshaminy-Warwick Presbyterian Church, 1726-1976: in commemoration of its 250th anniversary. Place of publication not identified: publisher not identified. OCLC 5247623.
- ^ "Neshaminy-Warwick Presbyterian Church Cemetery Hartsville, Pennsylvania". Journal of Presbyterian History (1962-1985). 60 (2): 160. 1982. ISSN 0022-3883. JSTOR 23328532.
- ^ "Mrs. James P. Wilson of Hartsville, Pennsylvania. 1843. Auguste Edouart French". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
- ^ "Hartsville Fire Company secures World Trade Center beam for 9/11 memorial". thereporteronline. 2011-04-24. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
- ^ "Hartsville Fire Company secures World Trade Center beam for 9/11 memorial". 2011-04-24. Retrieved November 10, 2021.
- ^ McDaniel, Justine (June 28, 2019). "This Pa. neighborhood with tainted wells has been on bottled water for three years. No end is in sight". www.inquirer.com. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
