Hartsville, Pennsylvania

Populated place in Pennsylvania, United States

40°13′42″N 75°05′42″W / 40.22833°N 75.09500°W / 40.22833; -75.09500CountryUnited StatesStatePennsylvaniaCountyBucksElevation

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249 ft (76 m)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)ZIP code

18974

Area code(s)215, 267, and 445FIPS code42-32984GNIS feature ID1192587

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

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

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

^ "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.