New Hope, Pennsylvania Borough of New Hope The train station in New Hope The train station in New Hope Location of New Hope in Bucks County Location of New Hope in Bucks County Borough of New Hope is positioned in Pennsylvania Borough of New Hope - Borough of New Hope Location of New Hope in Pennsylvania New Hope is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA.
New Hope is positioned approximately 40 miles (64 km) north of Philadelphia, and lies on the west bank of the Delaware River at its confluence with Aquetong Creek.
The two-lane New Hope Lambertville Bridge carries automobile and foot traffic athwart the Delaware to Lambertville, New Jersey on the east bank.
New Hope's major industry is tourism.
In 2015, Coldwell Banker reported that New Hope has the most expensive real estate market in Pennsylvania and the 86th most expensive real estate market in the United States. An early 20th-century painting by Joseph Pickett, a New Hope native The first train to New Hope, 1891 New Hope Train Station 1945 New Hope is positioned along the route of the Old York Road, the former chief highway between Philadelphia and New York City.
The current name came into use following a large fire in 1790 that burned down a several mills in the region their ongoing standard was considered a "new hope" for the area.
The evening before to his famous crossing of the Delaware a several miles to the south, George Washington is said[by whom?] to have lodged in New Hope.
The North Pennsylvania Railroad rather than assembly of their New Hope Branch in 1891, later being taken over by the Reading Railroad.
Passenger service to Philadelphia's Reading Terminal as well as all other passenger activeness was terminated in 1952 from Hatboro, also the end for electrified track, and New Hope.
Between 1952 and 1966, only freight trains were seen entering and leaving New Hope, mostly to bring paper pulp for the Union Camp Paper Corp.
In 1966, the New Hope & Ivyland was formed and bought 16 miles of trackage spanning from New Hope southwest to Ivyland.
Freight service to New Hope was then handled by the New Hope & Ivyland.
Today, the New Hope & Ivyland continues to furnish scenic tourist excursion passenger trains between New Hope and close-by Lahaska, PA.
In 2004 and 2006, New Hope was the victim of flooding when the Delaware River overflowed its banks.
Cintra, Joshua Ely House, Honey Hollow Watershed, William Kitchen House, New Hope Village District, Rhoads Homestead, and Springdale Historic District are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
New Hope is positioned at 40 21 37 N 74 57 26 W (40.360312, -74.957203). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the borough has a total region of 1.4 square miles (3.6 km2), of which 1.3 square miles (3.4 km2) is territory and 0.2 square miles (0.52 km2) (11.19%) is water.
Near its end in New Hope, the creek forms a scenic millpond and waterfall near the Bucks County Playhouse, a former mill.
Many citizens whose mailing addresses are in New Hope actually live outside the borough in Solebury.
The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission operates two bridges over the Delaware River between New Hope and Lambertville, New Jersey.
One is the free, two-lane New Hope Lambertville Bridge, and the other, the New Hope Lambertville Toll Bridge carrying U.S.
New Hope has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa.) The hardiness zone borders 6b and 7a.
Climate data for New Hope, PA The Delaware River at New Hope New Hope and Ivyland Railroad New Hope's major industry is tourism.
Compared to encircling communities, New Hope has a vibrant evening life.
New Hope has historically been a prominent spot for Broadway shows to be tested and fine tuned, and many notable stage actors bought weekend homes in the area.
New Hope was also home to an art colony, established by Edward Redfield and William L.
The region later interval to turn into a prominent gay resort in the 1950s and today New Hope still has an active and large gay community. New Hope also attracts motorcyclists (bikers) on weekends in the warmer months.
New Hope is also a terminal point on the New Hope & Ivyland Railroad.
Union Camp Corporation had a bag manufacturing facility in New Hope until the mid 1990s, which working around one hundred citizens total and was positioned uphill from the New Hope & Ivyland barns .
In August 2007, Forbes.com titled New Hope Borough as one of the best places in the Northeast of the United States to buy a summer vacation home. In 2010, the New Hope and Lambertville region Chambers of Commerce began an initiative that involved putting on a fireworks show every Friday evening amid the Summer to increase tourism and merchant revenue.
In January 2014, the New Hope Chamber of Commerce decided it would no longer hold weekly firework shows citing a rise in shoplifting, Saturday morning cleanup and an overall diminish in store traffic and Friday evening revenues. Main Street in New Hope, looking north Notable current and former inhabitants of New Hope include: New Hope and Ivyland Railroad Mac - Reynolds, George, Place Names in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Doylestown, Bucks County Historical Society, Doylestown, PA, 1942, P1.
New Hope, PA (18938).
New Hope for American Art.
"National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database).
"New Hope jubilates its Pride".
"Shoplifting rose, revenues fell amid weekly fireworks with Lambertville, says New Hope company group".
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New Hope Borough official website Greater New Hope Chamber of Commerce official website New Hope & Ivyland Railroad
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