Doylestown, Pennsylvania

File:Fountain House 2010.JPG, at the corner of State and Main Streets, was built in 1758 and is on the National Register of Historic Places.]]

File:Bucks Courthouse.JPG

File:Pugh Dungan Hs BucksCo PA.jpg]]

File:County Cinema Dtown.JPG]]

File:Main Street NB approaching Court Street Doylestown.jpg

Like most of eastern Pennsylvania, present-day Doylestown was inhabited by the Lenape Indian tribe prior to European settlement of the region.

In March 1745, William Doyle, an Irish settler, obtained a license to build a tavern, then known as William Doyle's Tavern, on what is now the northwest corner of Dyers Road and Coryell's Ferry Road at present-day Main and State Streets. The tavern's strategic location at the junction of present-day U.S. Route 202, which links Norristown and New Hope, and Pennsylvania Route 611, which links Philadelphia and Easton, contributed to Doylestown's early growth.

A second inn, named Sign of the Ship, was established in 1774, built diagonally across from the Doyle Tavern. Samuel Flack was innkeeper in 1778.

On January 1, 1802, a post office was established in present-day Doylestown. Charles Stewart, the first postmaster, carried letters to recipients in the bell-shaped crown of his high beaver hat as he walked about the village. When Stewart died on February 7, 1804, his son-in-law Enoch Harvey became the next postmaster. On October 9, 1804 Harvey advertised in the Pennsylvania Correspondent, published in Doylestown, of a list of letters remaining in the post office for Wm. R. Hanna, Esq., Newtown; Doct. Felix Robertson, Bucks County; Robert Wehir, Shamony, Bucks County; Robert A. Farmer, Esq., Birdsborough; Israel Childs, Buckingham.

In 1815, the first church was erected; it was followed by the construction of a succession of churches for various congregations throughout the 19th century.MacReynolds, George, Place Names in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Doylestown, Bucks County Historical Society, Doylestown, PA, 1942, Doylestown Borough.

As the population of Central and Upper Bucks County grew throughout the 18th and into the 19th century, discontent developed with the county seat's location in Newtown, where it had been since 1725. Eight petitions with a total of 184 signers were submitted to the General Assembly, some as early as 1784, requesting the move of the county seat to Doylestown. Among the signers were Andrew Armstrong, John Armstrong, John Davis, Andrew Denison, Jesse Fell, Joseph Fell, John Ingham (of Ingham Springs), Michael Frederick Kolb, Zebulon M. Pike (of Lumberton), Samuel Preston, Robert Shewell, Walter Shewell, and Fulkerd Sebring.

The Pennsylvania General Assembly approved the move by an Act on February 28, 1810, and the first Court session was opened on May 11, 1813. An outgrowth of Doylestown's new courthouse was the development of "lawyers row", a collection of Federal-style offices. One positive consequence of early 19th-century investment in the new county seat was organized fire protection, which began in 1825 with the Doylestown Fire Engine Company.

A bill to erect Doylestown into a borough was introduced into Legislature in February 1830, but failed, as well as a second attempt in the session of 1832. "An Act to erect the Village of Doylestown, in the County of Bucks, into a Borough" was passed and signed into law by Governor Joseph Ritner on April 16, 1838.

An electric telegraph station was built in 1846, and the North Pennsylvania Railroad completed a branch to Doylestown in 1856. The first gas lights were introduced in 1854. Because of the town's relatively high elevation and a lack of strong water power, substantial industrial development never occurred and Doylestown evolved to have a professional and residential character.

During the mid-19th century, several large tracts located east of the courthouse area were subdivided into neighborhoods. The next significant wave of development occurred after the Civil War, when the {{convert|30|acre|ha|adj=on}} Magill property to the southwest of the town's core was subdivided for residential lots.{{cn|date=November 2023}}

In 1869, Doylestown established a water works. The first telephone line arrived in 1878, the same year that a new courthouse was erected. 1897 saw the first of several trolley lines connecting Doylestown with Willow Grove, Newtown, and Easton. A private sewer system and treatment plant were authorized in 1903. The borough took over and expanded sewer service to about three-quarters of the town in 1921.{{cn|date=November 2023}}

In the early 20th century, Doylestown became best known to the outside world through the "Tools of the Nation-Maker" museum of the Bucks County Historical Society. Henry Chapman Mercer constructed the reinforced concrete building in 1916 to house his collection of mechanical tools and utensils. Upon his death in 1930, Mercer also left his similarly constructed home Fonthill and adjacent Moravian Pottery and Tile Works, to be operated as a museum. The home was left on the condition that his housekeeper be allowed to live there for the rest of her life. She lived there and gave tours until the mid-1970s.{{cn|date=November 2023}}

In 1916, Doylestown Country Club was established and still operates a private golf course and caddy program.{{cite web| url = http://www.doylestowncountryclub.com| title = Home - Doylestown Country Club - Doylestown, PA}}

By 1931, the advent of the automobile and improved highway service had put the last trolley line out of business as Doylestonians used the automobile as the primary means of travel within the region. The Great Depression took its toll on Doylestown; many grand old houses constructed a century earlier fell into disrepair. During the 1930s, the borough also expanded its land area to the north by admission of the tract known as the Doylestown Annex.{{cn|date=November 2023}}

In the decade following World War II, however, Doylestown's business community boomed. During the 1940s, streets were paved for the first time in two decades and parking meters were introduced downtown in 1948. However, the postwar housing boom did not begin in earnest until the 1950s, when 550 new homes were built. The housing boom continued into the 1960s and 1970s, as more than 1,600 new homes were built during those decades and the borough's population grew from 5,917 in 1960 to 8,717 in 1980.{{cn|date=November 2023}}

By the 1960s, the competition presented by the emergence of shopping malls proved detrimental to many local Doylestown businesses, resulting in vacant buildings and dilapidated storefronts. Bucks County Redevelopment Authority responded with a federal urban renewal scheme that called for the demolition of 27 historic buildings.{{cn|date=February 2024}} The local business community objected to such wholesale clearance and responded with its own plan called Operation '64, the Doylestown Plan for Self-Help Downtown Renewal.{{cn|date=February 2024}} This private initiative was successful in saving Doylestown's old buildings and historic character, while improving business at the same time. One historic landmark that could not be saved was the 80-year-old courthouse and clock tower, which was replaced by the present county complex in the early 1960s.{{cn|date=February 2024}}

By the end of the 1980s, the downtown business district was again showing the toll of massive new competition from the latest wave of suburban shopping centers, as well as the recession that hit hardest in the northeastern states.{{cn|date=February 2024}} In response, the borough council established a volunteer group of civic-minded representatives from business organizations, government, and the residential community to begin formulating plans for the downtown area in 1992. This effort resulted in streetscape improvements composed of cast iron street lamps and brick pavers, façade improvements and other beautification efforts, and the establishment of a Main Street Manager Program.{{cn|date=November 2023}}

In the 1990s, the downtown area rebuilt itself largely by turning to an out-of-town audience. Doylestown had long been respected as a bucolic tourist destination. The gentry of Philadelphia and New York City, including figures associated with theater and literary in Manhattan, maintained country estates in the area and often summered in Doylestown. The Mercer Museum, Moravian Pottery and Tile Works, and the local National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa brought a regular stream of short-term visitors through the area as well.{{cn|date=November 2023}}

With charitable support, the County Theater, an art-deco-styled building, was restored and reopened showing art-house fare, and a new main library and art museum were built around the ruins of the old stone jail, across the street from the Mercer Museum. Doylestown also was designated an official resort town and was exempted from liquor license caps.{{cite web| url = https://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/stories/2000/10/02/daily15.html| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040524131639/http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/stories/2000/10/02/daily15.html| archive-date = 2004-05-24| title = Pa. liquor license system may change - 2000-10-05 - Pittsburgh Business Times}} Empty commercial spaces soon began to be replaced with dense and vibrant bars and restaurants, contributing to a lively nightlife in Doylestown.

As the Philadelphia metropolitan area expanded from southern into central Bucks County, the fields and farms of the communities around Doylestown quickly began to sprout housing developments. This development brought thousands of people to the area, but the neighborhoods created often lacked longstanding institutions or discernible centers. Doylestown, more centrally located than the Delaware River border town of New Hope, which had traditionally served this function, was able to position itself as the regional center of culture and nightlife.{{cn|date=November 2023}}

Archival collection and community programming are two functions of the Doylestown Historical Society, established in 1995, whose mission is "to commemorate and preserve the history of Doylestown so that its people, places and events may long be remembered."{{cn|date=November 2023}}

The Doylestown Historic District, Pugh Dungan House, Fonthill, Fountain House, Oscar Hammerstein II Farm, James-Lorah House, Mercer Museum, Moravian Pottery and Tile Works, and Shaw Historic District are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Doylestown has a total land area of {{convert|2.2|sqmi|km2}}. Doylestown Borough is bordered by Doylestown Township, except to the northeast where it borders Buckingham Township.

Natural features of Doylestown Borough include Cooks Run and Neshaminy Creek.MacReynolds, George, Place Names in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Doylestown, Bucks County Historical Society, Doylestown, PA, 1942.

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Doylestown has a hot-summer, humid continental climate (Dfa). Dfa climates are characterized by at least one month having an average mean temperature ≤ {{convert|32.0|°F|1}}, at least four months with an average mean temperature ≥ {{convert|50.0|°F|1}}, at least one month with an average mean temperature ≥ {{convert|71.6|°F|1}} and no significant precipitation difference between seasons. Although most summer days are slightly humid in Doylestown, episodes of heat and high humidity can occur with heat index values > {{convert|105|°F|0}}. Since 1981, the highest air temperature was {{convert|102.8|°F|1}} on July 22, 2011, and the highest daily average mean dew point was {{convert|75.3|°F|1}} on December 8, 2016. The average wettest month is July which corresponds with the annual peak in thunderstorm activity. Since 1981, the wettest calendar day was {{convert|7.11|in|mm|0}} on September 16, 1999.

During winter months, the average annual extreme minimum air temperature is {{convert|-1.3|°F|1}}.{{cite web|url=https://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/PHZMWeb/InteractiveMap.aspx|publisher=United States Department of Agriculture|access-date= October 2, 2019|title=USDA Interactive Plant Hardiness Map}} Since 1981, the coldest air temperature was {{convert|-12.1|°F|1}} on January 22, 1984. Episodes of extreme cold and wind can occur with wind chill values < {{convert|-12|°F|0}}. The average annual snowfall (Nov-Apr) is between {{convert|30|in|cm|0}} and {{convert|36|in|cm|0}}. Ice storms and large snowstorms depositing ≥ {{convert|12|in|cm|0}} of snow occur once every few years, particularly during nor’easters from December through February.

{{Weather box

| width = auto

| single line = Y

|location = Doylestown, Elevation {{convert|387|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}, 1981–2010 normals, extremes 1981–2018

| Jan record high F = 70.7

| Feb record high F = 77.6

| Mar record high F = 86.9

| Apr record high F = 93.8

| May record high F = 94.5

| Jun record high F = 95.6

| Jul record high F = 102.8

| Aug record high F = 99.2

| Sep record high F = 97.2

| Oct record high F = 89.2

| Nov record high F = 80.7

| Dec record high F = 75.0

| year record high F = 102.8

| Jan high F = 38.6

| Feb high F = 41.9

| Mar high F = 50.3

| Apr high F = 62.1

| May high F = 72.1

| Jun high F = 80.9

| Jul high F = 85.0

| Aug high F = 83.3

| Sep high F = 76.5

| Oct high F = 65.1

| Nov high F = 54.2

| Dec high F = 42.8

| year high F = 62.8

| Jan mean F = 29.9

| Feb mean F = 32.7

| Mar mean F = 40.3

| Apr mean F = 51.0

| May mean F = 60.7

| Jun mean F = 70.0

| Jul mean F = 74.5

| Aug mean F = 72.9

| Sep mean F = 65.6

| Oct mean F = 53.9

| Nov mean F = 44.3

| Dec mean F = 34.4

| year mean F = 52.6

| Jan low F = 21.3

| Feb low F = 23.5

| Mar low F = 30.4

| Apr low F = 40.0

| May low F = 49.4

| Jun low F = 59.1

| Jul low F = 64.0

| Aug low F = 62.5

| Sep low F = 54.8

| Oct low F = 42.7

| Nov low F = 34.3

| Dec low F = 25.9

| year low F = 42.4

| Jan record low F = -12.1

| Feb record low F = -4.4

| Mar record low F = 2.3

| Apr record low F = 16.6

| May record low F = 33.2

| Jun record low F = 40.6

| Jul record low F = 47.1

| Aug record low F = 41.8

| Sep record low F = 34.6

| Oct record low F = 23.3

| Nov record low F = 11.0

| Dec record low F = -2.7

| year record low F = -12.1

| precipitation colour = green

| Jan precipitation inch = 3.23

| Feb precipitation inch = 2.62

| Mar precipitation inch = 3.71

| Apr precipitation inch = 3.90

| May precipitation inch = 4.36

| Jun precipitation inch = 4.33

| Jul precipitation inch = 5.02

| Aug precipitation inch = 4.05

| Sep precipitation inch = 4.46

| Oct precipitation inch = 4.24

| Nov precipitation inch = 3.63

| Dec precipitation inch = 3.90

| year precipitation inch = 47.45

| humidity colour = green

| Jan humidity = 67.4

| Feb humidity = 64.1

| Mar humidity = 59.7

| Apr humidity = 58.8

| May humidity = 63.2

| Jun humidity = 68.4

| Jul humidity = 67.9

| Aug humidity = 70.6

| Sep humidity = 72.2

| Oct humidity = 70.7

| Nov humidity = 69.4

| Dec humidity = 69.1

| year humidity = 66.8

| Jan dew point F = 20.4

| Feb dew point F = 21.9

| Mar dew point F = 27.4

| Apr dew point F = 37.1

| May dew point F = 48.1

| Jun dew point F = 59.1

| Jul dew point F = 63.2

| Aug dew point F = 62.8

| Sep dew point F = 56.4

| Oct dew point F = 44.6

| Nov dew point F = 34.9

| Dec dew point F = 25.3

| year dew point F = 41.9

| source = PRISM{{cite web |url=http://prism.oregonstate.edu/explorer/|title=PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University|access-date=October 2, 2019 }}}}

{{US Census population

|1840= 627

|1850= 1006

|1860= 1432

|1870= 1601

|1880= 2070

|1890= 1733

|1900= 1764

|1910= 1854

|1920= 1369

|1930= 1371

|1940= 4976

|1950= 5262

|1960= 5917

|1970= 8270

|1980= 8717

|1990= 8575

|2000= 8227

|2010= 8380

|2020= 8300

|footnote=Sources:{{cite web|title=Census of Population and Housing|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=December 11, 2013}}{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}{{cite web|title=Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Resident Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012|url=https://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012.html|work=Population Estimates|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=December 11, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130611010502/http://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012.html|archive-date=June 11, 2013}}{{cite web|title=Census 2020|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/doylestownboroughpennsylvania/PST045219}}{{cite web|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=P1_001N,NAME&for=place:*&in=state:42&key=5ccd0821c15d9f4520e2dcc0f8d92b2ec9336108|title=Census Population API|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=Oct 12, 2022}}

}}

As of the 2010 census, the borough was 94.8% Non-Hispanic White, 2.3% Black or African American, 0.2% Native American, 1.9% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, and 1.5% were two or more races. 2.8% of the population were of Hispanic or Latino ancestry [https://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/census/profile/PA].

As of the census of 2000, there were 8,227 people, 3,952 households, and 1,908 families residing in the borough. The population density was {{convert|3,822.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 4,055 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,884.1|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the borough was 95.24% White, 0.30% African American, 0.11% Native American, 1.42% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 0.43% from other races, and 0.63% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.20% of the population

There were 3,952 households, out of which 19.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.0% were married couples living together, 7.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 51.7% were non-families. 44.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 22.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.98 and the average family size was 2.82.

In the borough, the population was spread out, with 16.5% under the age of 18, 5.7% from 18 to 24, 28.8% from 25 to 44, 23.5% from 45 to 64, and 25.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were 79.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 75.7 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $46,148, and the median income for a family was $71,988. Males had a median income of $48,553 versus $31,703 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $32,249. About 2.5% of families and 4.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 1.7% of those under age 18 and 9.6% of those age 65 or over.

File:MercerMuseum.jpg]]

File:Fonthill Castle.JPG]]

Doylestown Borough is home to three structures designed and built by Henry Chapman Mercer. The Mercer Museum, a structure built in poured concrete, is the home to Mercer's collection of early American artifacts. It also houses a collection known as "Tools of the Nation-Maker", one of the most important of its kind in the world."Ancient Carpenter's Tools: Illustrated and Explained, Together with the Implements of the Lumbermen, Joiner and Cabinet-Maker in use in the 18th Century", Henry Chapman Mercer, Bucks County Historical Society, 1929, {{ISBN|0-486-40958-9}} page viii. Bucks County Historical Society also maintains the Spruance Library, a research library, adjoining the museum. Fonthill (also known as "Mercer's Castle") was Mercer's home and houses his collection of artifacts from around the world. The Moravian Pottery and Tile Works is an operational facility utilizing the tools and techniques used by Pennsylvania German potters in the 18th and 19th centuries.

The former prison, across the street from the Mercer Museum, has been converted into the James A. Michener Art Museum. The borough also boasts a small music conservatory, writers' and artists' organizations, and other cultural activities.

Doylestown is located near the Polish-American Roman Catholic shrine known as the National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa, which houses a painting of the Black Madonna of Częstochowa, Poland.

The Fountain House, a historic building, is located in Doylestown Borough.

• Delaware Valley University
• Fonthill Museum
• Hepatitis B Foundation
• Henry Schmieder Arboretum
• James A. Michener Art Museum
• Mercer Museum
• Moravian Pottery and Tile Works
• National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa
• Oscar Hammerstein II Farm
• Peace Valley Park
• Pearl S. Buck House
• Ringing Rocks Park

Image:DoylestownBoroughHall.jpg

Doylestown has a council-manager form of government consisting of a "weak" Mayor and a nine-member borough council. The mayor is elected at-large to a term of four years. The borough council is divided into three wards, with each ward electing three members to terms of four years. Borough council is in charge of enacting legislation, raising and spending public money, regulating land use, and providing public services. The council is required to meet once a month to conduct business. The borough council contains seven subcommittees.{{cite web|title=Borough Council & Mayor|publisher=Borough of Doylestown|url=http://www.doylestownborough.net/government/councilmayor|access-date=October 11, 2017}}

As of 2022, the mayor of Doylestown is Elnora "Noni" West. The borough council consists of Council President Jack O'Brien, Council Vice-President Wendy Margolis, Ben Bell, Tim Brennan, Lawrence Browne, Dennis Livrone, Joe Frederick, Jennifer Jarret, and Amy Taylor Popkin.{{cite web|title=Borough Council|publisher=Borough of Doylestown|url=http://www.doylestownborough.net/government/boroughcouncil|access-date=February 15, 2022}}{{Cite web|title=Doylestown Borough Council Reorganizes in New Borough Hall|url=https://www.doylestownborough.net/news/doylestown-borough-council-reorganizes-in-new-borough-hall|access-date=2022-02-15|website=The Borough of Doylestown|language=en}}

File:Downtown Doylestown.JPG

Doylestown borough is the location of several educational facilities of the Central Bucks School District. The borough contains three elementary schools (Doyle Elementary, Cold Spring Elementary and Linden Elementary), one middle school (Lenape Middle School) and one high school (Central Bucks West) which has long been a girls' soccer powerhouse. Bucks County's regional educational service agency, Bucks County Intermediate Unit No. 22, is also located in the borough.

Doylestown Township, which is adjacent to the borough, contains Paul W. Kutz Elementary and also the campus of Delaware Valley University, which is primarily known as an agricultural and science school.

The Intelligencer, a daily newspaper serving central and northern Bucks County along with nearby areas of eastern Montgomery County, is headquartered in Doylestown. In 1948, WBUX signed-on with 5,000 watts at 1570 on the AM dial. Today as WISP the station airs an All-Catholic format.

{{stack|File:2022-10-14 12 02 29 View north along Pennsylvania State Route 611 (Doylestown Bypass) from the overpass for North Broad Street in Doylestown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.jpg}}

As of 2018 there were {{convert|34.88|mi}} of public roads in Doylestown, of which {{convert|5.59|mi}} were maintained by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and {{convert|29.29|mi}} were maintained by the borough.{{cite web|url=https://gis.penndot.gov/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/Type5/09403.pdf|title=Doylestown Borough map|publisher=PennDOT|access-date=March 11, 2023}}

The main north-south street in Doylestown is Main Street while the main east-west street is State Street, which forms a one-way pair with Oakland Avenue in the downtown area. Pennsylvania Route 611 bypasses central Doylestown to the west on a freeway, heading north to Easton and south to Philadelphia. U.S. Route 202 bypasses the center of the borough to the south and heads southwest to Norristown and northeast to New Hope. US 202 follows a parkway alignment from Doylestown southwest to Montgomeryville, with U.S. Route 202 Business serving as a business route to Montgomeryville, passing through New Britain and Chalfont. Pennsylvania Route 313 runs northwest-southeast along the northern edge of Doylestown on Swamp Road and heads northwest to Dublin and Quakertown and southeast to Pennsylvania Route 263 in Furlong, where Swamp Road continues as an unnumbered road towards Newtown.{{google maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps?q=doylestown,+pa&hl=en&sll=40.310196,-75.127237&sspn=0.009065,0.021136&t=h&hnear=Doylestown,+Bucks+County,+Pennsylvania&z=14|title=overview of Doylestown, Pennsylvania|access-date=September 22, 2014}} The downtown area of Doylestown has on-street parking and parking lots that are regulated by parking meters during the day Monday through Saturday, with parking free on evenings and Sunday. The borough offers 6-month parking permits that can be used in certain metered spots. Free parking is available at the Bucks County Parking Garage on Broad Street.{{cite web|title=The Guide To Public Parking|publisher=Borough of Doylestown|url=http://www.doylestownborough.net/media/parking-guide.pdf|access-date=October 19, 2017}}

File:Doylestown PA SEPTA station October 2017.jpg, which serves as the terminus of the Lansdale/Doylestown Line]]

The Lansdale/Doylestown Line of SEPTA Regional Rail connects Doylestown to Center City Philadelphia and many points in between. Doylestown station is the northernmost stop.{{cite web|title=Lansdale/Doylestown Line schedule|publisher=SEPTA|url=http://www.septa.org/schedules/rail/pdf/doy.pdf|access-date=May 9, 2016}} Doylestown is served by SEPTA City Bus Route 55, which heads south to Warrington, Willow Grove, Abington, Jenkintown and finally the Olney Transportation Center in North Philadelphia.{{cite web|url=http://www.septa.org/schedules/bus/pdf/055.pdf|title=Route 55 bus schedule|publisher=SEPTA|access-date=May 4, 2016}}

There is also intercity bus service provided to Doylestown from a bus stop at the Doylestown station. Trans-Bridge Lines connects Doylestown to New Jersey and the Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York City along a route that originates in Quakertown.{{cite web|title=Doylestown / Flemington / New York Route - Eastbound to New York City|publisher=Trans-Bridge Lines|url=https://transbridgelines.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Doylestown-East-10_17-22.pdf|access-date=March 15, 2023}}{{cite web|title=Doylestown / Flemington / New York Route - Westbound from New York City|publisher=Trans-Bridge Lines|url=https://transbridgelines.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Doylestown-West-10_17_22.pdf|access-date=March 15, 2023}} Greyhound Lines provides intercity bus service to Doylestown along a route running between Philadelphia and Scranton. Fullington Trailways provides intercity bus service to Doylestown along a route running between the Philadelphia Greyhound Terminal in Philadelphia and Williamsport, serving several places in northern Pennsylvania.{{cite web|title=FAB 22 – Williamsport – Philadelphia|publisher=Fullington Tours|url=http://www.fullingtontours.com/pages/fab22|access-date=October 21, 2017}}{{cite web|title=FAB 23 – Philadelphia – Williamsport|publisher=Fullington Tours|url=http://www.fullingtontours.com/pages/fab23|access-date=October 21, 2017}}

Locally, Doylestown is served by a small public transportation system called the "Doylestown DART" (Doylestown Area Regional Transit). Doylestown DART is a service of Bucks County Transport and consists of a single weekday route and a single Saturday route. Often used by the elderly, it travels to various destinations in Doylestown, including government offices, schools, stores, restaurants, pharmacies, senior residences, and Doylestown Hospital.{{cite web |title=The DART System|publisher=Bucks County Transport |url= https://www.bctransport.org/dart-system/ |access-date=October 10, 2023}} Bucks County Transport also operates the DART West, which runs weekdays from a connection with the Doylestown DART at Delaware Valley University west to New Britain and Chalfont, and the DART South, which runs weekdays from a connection with the Doylestown DART at the Doylestown Point Shopping Center south to Warrington.{{cite web|title=DART West schedule|publisher=Bucks County Transport|url=https://www.bctransport.org/docs/dartwestschedule.pdf|access-date=January 13, 2020}}{{cite web|title=DART South Warrington|publisher=Bucks County Transport|url=https://bctransport.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/DartSouth_Schedule-Effective8-23.pdf|access-date=October 10, 2023}} The Bucks County Courthouse Shuttle is operated weekdays by Bucks County Transport.{{cite web|title=Bucks County Courthouse Shuttle|publisher=Bucks County Transport|url=https://bctransport.org/courthouse_shuttle.htm |access-date=January 13, 2020}}

The Doylestown Airport, a general aviation airport operated by the Bucks County Airport Authority, is located to the north of Doylestown.{{FAA-airport|ID=DYL|use=PU|own=PU|site=20232.*A}}, effective 2 July 2009. The nearest airports with commercial air service are the Trenton-Mercer Airport near Trenton, New Jersey, approximately 15 miles (26 km) away, Lehigh Valley International Airport near Allentown, Pennsylvania, approximately 25 miles (40 km) away,

Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia, approximately 30 miles (48 km) away and Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey, approximately 50 miles (80 km) away.

The Doylestown Community Bike & Hike System consists of over {{convert|25|mi|km}} of trails and side paths for pedestrians and bicycles serving both the borough of Doylestown and Doylestown Township.{{cite web|title=Biking|publisher=Doylestown Township|url=http://www.doylestownpa.org/information-3/biking/|access-date=October 21, 2017}}{{cite map|title=Doylestown Community Bike & Hike System|publisher=Doylestown Township|url=http://www.doylestownpa.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/bikehike-sept-2014-web.pdf|access-date=October 21, 2017}} The system was founded in 1992 to improve mobility for pedestrians and bicyclists in and around the Doylestown area.{{cite web|title=Biking and Hiking to a Better Doylestown (History of the Doylestown Bike & Hike System 1992–present)|publisher=Doylestown Township|url=http://www.doylestownpa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Bike-Hike-History-May-2014.pdf|access-date=October 21, 2017}} The Doylestown Community Bike & Hike System has connections to the US 202 Parkway Trail following the US 202 parkway to Montgomeryville; future trail connections are planned to Peace Valley Park and other points in the area. BicyclePA Route S passes through Doylestown, following Court Street, the one-way pair of Oakland Avenue eastbound and State Street westbound, Main Street, and Green Street through the borough.

Electricity and natural gas in Doylestown is provided by PECO Energy Company, a subsidiary of Exelon.{{cite web | url=https://www.peco.com/AboutUs/Pages/CompanyInformation.aspx | title=PECO: Company Information | publisher=PECO Energy Company | access-date=January 29, 2017}}{{cite web|title=Electric Service Tariff|publisher=PECO Energy Company|date=July 17, 2017|page=4|url=https://www.peco.com/SiteCollectionDocuments/CurrentElecTariff_September012017.pdf|access-date=October 10, 2017}}{{cite web|title=Gas Service Tariff|publisher=PECO Energy Company|date=August 30, 2017|page=2|url=https://www.peco.com/SiteCollectionDocuments/CurrentGasTariff_September012017.pdf|access-date=October 10, 2017}} The Doylestown Borough Water Department provides water to the borough and some surrounding areas. Bucks County Water and Sewer owns and operates the sewer system in Doylestown.{{cite web|title=Water Department|publisher=Borough of Doylestown|url=http://www.doylestownborough.net/government/water|access-date=October 11, 2017}} Trash and recycling collection in Doylestown is provided by the borough's Public Works department.{{cite web|title=Trash & Recycling|publisher=Borough of Doylestown|url=http://www.doylestownborough.net/community/trash-recycling|access-date=October 11, 2017}}

Penn Medicine Doylestown Health is a comprehensive healthcare system of inpatient, outpatient, and wellness education services serving Bucks County and the surrounding areas in the northern suburbs of Philadelphia. The flagship of Penn Medicine Doylestown Health is Doylestown Hospital, a not-for-profit, community teaching hospital on West State Street with 245 beds and a medical staff of more than 600 providers who provide the highest quality care in over 50 specialties. Renowned locally, regionally, and nationally, Doylestown Hospital provides superior healthcare and offers advanced surgical procedures, innovative medical treatments, and comprehensive specialty services. Doylestown Hospital was originally founded by the Village Improvement Association of Doylestown in 1923 and provides outstanding care at every stage of life, from prenatal and maternity care, through primary care, emergency and urgent care, and a broad range of advanced services including robotic surgery, cardiovascular care, cancer care, a stroke center, a chest pain center, and maternity services.{{cite web|title=Doylestown Hospital|publisher=Doylestown Health|url=https://www.doylestownhealth.org/locations/doylestown-hospital|access-date=October 11, 2017}}

• Kristen Alderson and Eddie Alderson, sibling actors
• Tony Angelo, racing driver
• Jay Ansill, Folk musician, composer, producer, author of origami books
• Robert C. Atherton, former magazine editor, writer, and artist
• Stefan Avalos, motion picture director
• Balance and Composure, alternative rock band
• Amos W. Barber, former surgeon and second governor of Wyoming.{{cite web | title = Wyoming Governor Amos Walker Barber | publisher = National Governors Association | url = http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_wyoming/col2-content/main-content-list/title_barber_amos.html | access-date = August 11, 2020 | archive-date = December 6, 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171206145624/https://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_wyoming/col2-content/main-content-list/title_barber_amos.html | url-status = dead }}
• Christian Bauman, novelist and NPR commentator
• Stan and Jan Berenstain, former authors of the Berenstain Bears
• Bill Bloom, "Double Dutch Bus" composer
• Kathy Boockvar, former Pennsylvania Secretary of State
• Władysław Bortnowski, former Polish general
• Pearl S. Buck, Nobel Prize-winning author
• Clarence Buckman, politician
• Alan Campbell, actor and author
• Gil Cohen, aviation artist
• Caroline Doty, guard on UConn Huskies women's basketball team
• Molly Ephraim, actress
• Chris Forsberg, drifting driver
• William Edgar Geil, evangelist, explorer, lecturer, photographer, and author of 10 books related to his travels
• William Godshalk, member of the U.S. House of Representatives
• David Gordon, classical tenor
• Anthony Green, musician
• Scott Green, NFL referee
• Justin Guarini, American Idol runner-up
• Roy M. Gulick, Major General and Quartermaster
• Oscar Hammerstein II, musical lyricist
• Moss Hart, playwright and director
• Annie Haslam, singer, songwriter, artist
• Samantha Hoopes, model
• Charles T. Horner Jr., U.S. Army officer
• Edward L. Howard, politician
• Joe Judge, Former New York Giants head coach
• George S. Kaufman, pioneering figure in American musical theater
• Margaret Mead, anthropologist
• Henry Chapman Mercer, archaeologist
• Natalie Mering, musician professionally known as Weyes Blood
• James A. Michener, author
• Irene Molloy, singer/actress
• Anthony Morelli, blogger
• Jeff Musselman, former MLB pitcher
• Kevin Nalty, YouTube personality
• Dorothy Parker, author
• S. J. Perelman, humorist
• Mike Pettine, Cleveland Browns head coach
• P!nk, singer
• Mike Senica, race car driver
• Camille Schrier, American pageant titleholder
• Charles Sheeler, artist
• Sinch, rock band
• Michael Smerconish, radio and TV host
• Dodie Smith, author
• Stephen Sondheim, composer
• Timothy Stack, actor
• Stephen Susco, motion picture screenwriter
• Dave Taber, retired soccer player
• Colin Thompson, racing driver
• Jean Toomer, author
• Jon Van Dine, drummer of indie-pop band CRUISR
• Jeremy Kipp Walker, film producer
• John Hosea Washburn, college president
• Michael E. Wegscheider, U.S. Army major general{{cite news |last=Myers |first=Mrs. Willis |date=May 22, 1968 |title=Dublin: Many Social Events Listed; The Following Children Were Baptized Sunday Morning |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/news-herald-social/157854964/ |work=Central News Herald |location=Perkasie, Pennsylvania |page=D5 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{Cite web |url=https://veterans.pasenategop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2019/03/Wegscheider.pdf |title=Recommendation for Certificate of Eligibility to Brigadier General, Colonel Michael E. Wegscheider |last=Carrelli |first=Anthony J. |date=April 16, 2018 |website=PA Senate GOP.com |publisher=Pennsylvania State Senate |location=Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |access-date=October 26, 2024 |page=1 |ref={{sfnRef|"Recommendation for Certificate of Eligibility to Brigadier General"}}}}
• Foster Winans, journalist, convicted of insider trading
• Matt Wisniewski, artist
• Robert Morris Yardley, member of the U.S. House of Representatives

• The 2002 M. Night Shyamalan directed science fiction horror film Signs was primarily filmed in Doylestown.{{Cite web|title=9 Iconic M. Night Shyamalan Film Locations in Pennsylvania

|url=https://www.visitpa.com/article/iconic-m-night-shyamalan-film-locations-pennsylvania|date=October 11, 2023|access-date=October 12, 2024 |website=Visit PA}}{{Cite web |last=Zorrilla|first=Monica Marie|title=Signs is Remembered as M. Night Shyamalan’s Alien Movie, but it Has a Human Heart

|url=https://www.inverse.com/culture/horror-movies-february-2023-hbo-max-signs|date=February 3, 2023|access-date=September 17, 2024 |website=Inverse}}

• The 2002 ESPN documentary The Last Game, tells the story of Central Bucks High School West's football team and its long-standing coach Mike Pettine as the team seeks to defend its 30-game winning streak against major eastern Pennsylvania high school football powerhouses in Pettine's final season before retirement.{{Cite web |last=Stewart|first=Larry|title=HOT CORNER|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-dec-09-sp-corner9-story.html|date=December 9, 2002|access-date=September 17, 2024 |website=Los Angeles Times}}
• The HBO series The Gilded Age, which premiered in 2022, revolves around two separate Doylestown families who relocate to New York City in the late 1800s.{{cite web|last=Fishman|first=Kate|date=January 25, 2022|title=Doylestown Featured In New HBO Drama 'The Gilded Age'|url=https://patch.com/pennsylvania/doylestown/doylestown-featured-new-hbo-drama-gilded-age|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220201123058/https://patch.com/pennsylvania/doylestown/doylestown-featured-new-hbo-drama-gilded-age|archive-date=1 February 2022|access-date=February 5, 2022|website=Patch}} However, the scenes set in Doylestown were filmed in Newport, Rhode Island.{{Cite web |last=Parker|first=Paul Edward|title='The Gilded Age' will bring familiar Newport sights to the small screen in HBO drama|url=https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/01/24/hbo-the-gilded-age-familiar-newport-ri-mansions-sights/6581361001/|date=January 24, 2022|access-date=September 17, 2024 |website=The Providence Journal}}
• The 2024 epic historical drama film The Brutalist is partially set in the borough.{{Cite web |last=Jones|first=Nate|title=How Long is ‘The Brutalist’? A Minute-by-Minute Breakdown|url=https://www.vulture.com/article/how-long-is-the-brutalist-movie.html|date=September 7, 2024|access-date=September 17, 2024 |website=Vulture}}{{Cite web |last=Gleiberman|first=Owen|title=‘The Brutalist’ Review: Director Brady Corbet Breaks Through in His Third Feature, an Engrossing Epic Starring Adrien Brody as a Visionary Architect

|url=https://variety.com/2024/film/reviews/the-brutalist-review-adrien-brody-felicity-jones-brady-corbet-venice-film-festival-1236126301/|date=September 1, 2024|access-date=September 17, 2024 |website=Variety}}

{{Reflist}}

• {{Wikivoyage-inline}}
• {{Commonscatinline}}
• [http://www.doylestownborough.net Borough of Doylestown]
• {{HABS |survey=PA-6769 |id=pa4090 |title=Doylestown Post Office, Doylestown, Bucks County, PA |photos=1 |color=2 |cap=1}}

{{Bucks County, Pennsylvania}}

{{County Seats of Pennsylvania}}

{{authority control}}

Category:1745 establishments in Pennsylvania

Category:1838 establishments in Pennsylvania

Category:Boroughs in Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Category:County seats in Pennsylvania

Category:Populated places established in 1745