LOCATION
Newtown is in the lower Bucks County, Pennsylvania, about 21 miles north of Philadelphia. Trenton, New Jersey, is about 10 miles east across the Delaware River, and Princeton is about 10 miles east of Trenton.
The Delaware Expressway is about 4 miles from downtown Newtown; this is an interstate that runs in a wide ring around Trenton, New Jersey, and is fed by interstates that journey east to New Jersey and New York, and west to Philadelphia.
New Hope is about 10 miles northeast of Newtown and Doylestown is about 10 miles northwest. Yardley is about 6 miles south.

TRANSPORTATION/AIRPORTS
Newtown is served by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transport Authority (SEPTA), which runs trains into nearby stations at Doylestown, Warminster and Yardley.
Passengers may travel by interconnecting lines to the entirety of southeastern Pennsylvania, including the R1 line to the Philadelphia International Airport (which is about 33 miles from Newtown). Additional airports include the Trenton Mercer Airport (about 10 miles away) and the McGuire Air Force Base (about 29 miles away in Wrightstown, NJ).

BRIEF HISTORY
Newtown's original 5,000 acres were part of the immense land parcel purchased by William Penn from the Lenni Lenape Indians in 1682. Penn named the region his "New Township", which became "Newtown" in time.
The county seat of Bucks County from 1726 to 1813, Newtown was designed to resemble an open fan surrounding a narrow town common, and the town boundaries are basically the same today. While it started as a small farming village, over this period Newtown became a prosperous governmental center, with a courthouse and several inns and taverns.
During the Revolutionary War, George Washington established his headquarters in Newtown after his famous crossing of the Delaware River. His two famous letters to congress, in which he describes his victory at Trenton, were written in Newtown.
After the relocation of the country seat to Doylestown in 1813, Newtown remained the commercial and cultural center for its surrounding rural community, and the town has many lovely homes from this period.
One of the America's foremost folk painters, the Quaker Edward Hicks, lived in Newtown from 1780 to 1849. He worked as a coach and sign painter, and painted many local scenes. Today his gravesite may be visited in Newtown.

SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS
Newtown residents and businesspeople are proud of their charming and community minded town. Locals work hard to protect the small town ambience of their community and to protect the historic downtown from shopping malls and super stores. Locals get together to celebrate community events, like the annual "First Night" new years bash at the local school. Newtown has several parks and good recreation facilities and the Tyler State Park is a short distance away. Locals enjoy biking and horseback riding the many trails that wind through the lovely woods, and canoeing on the river.

EDUCATION
The Council Rock School District encompasses Newtown's 3 elementary, 1 middle, and 2 high schools, and there are several (mostly religious) private schools in the town.
The Bucks County Community College in Newtown offers continuing education, arts and culture degrees and courses, and business and industry training and certification. Nearby colleges and universities include, the Delaware Valley College in Doylestown, Princeton University (about 22 miles away), Thomas Edison State College (about 12 miles away in Trenton, NJ), Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington (about 16 miles away), Beaver College (about 19 miles away in Glenside), La Salle University and Philadelphia University (both about 20 miles away in Philadelphia), and the College Of New Jersey (about 20 miles away in Ewing, NJ).

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