Warminster Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania Warminster Township Seal of Warminster Township Location of Warminster Township in Bucks County Location of Warminster Township in Bucks County Warminster Township is positioned in Pennsylvania Warminster Township - Warminster Township Location of Warminster Township in Pennsylvania Warminster Township (a.k.a.
Warminster) is positioned in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States and was formally established in 1711.
The town was called Warminster Township as early as 1685, before its borders were formally established in 1711.
It was originally part of Southampton Township, which was established in 1682 by William Penn. Warminster was titled after a small town in the county of Wiltshire, at the extremity of Salisbury Plain, England. Warminster, Pennsylvania was mostly settled by English and Scotch-Irish after William Penn received a grant of territory in the region from King Charles, II. Warminster began as a small farming improve and remained that way throughout most of its history.
As recently as 1955, the township had no residentiary subdivisions and only one housing complex, Lacey Park on Street Road, the site where the Battle of Crooked Billet occurred amid the Revolutionary War that resulted in a resounding defeat for George Washington's troops. Warminster's Craven Hall is encompassed in the National Register of Historic Places listings in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
Warminster's most momentous historical figure was William Tennent, an outspoken theological prestige and educator. Warminster's Naval Air Warfare Center, previously called the Johnsville Naval Air Development Center and then the Naval Air Development Center, directed from World War II until it closed in 1996.
Warminster Township is 3.7 miles northwest of Philadelphia at their closest points and has a total region of 10.2 square miles (26.5 km ), all of it land.
Warminster is drained by the Delaware River tributaries of the Neshaminy Creek and the Pennypack Creek. Its villages include Babytown, Breadysville (also in Warwick Township,) Casey Highlands, Davisville, Hartsville (also in Warwick Township), Johnsville, Rosewood Park, Warminster, and Warminster Heights. Upper Moreland Township, Montgomery County (south) Horsham Township, Montgomery County (southwest) According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Warminster has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. Climate data for Warminster, Pennsylvania (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 Average snowy days ( 0.1 in) 4.0 2.4 1.6 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 1.7 10.6 Warminster Township's inhabitants were 86.0% non-Hispanic white, 7.7% Hispanic or Latino, 3.1% black or African American, 0.2% Native American, 1.9% Asian, 0.1% Native Hawaiian, and 1.8% were two or more competitions.
Of all township residents, 24.5% were under the age of 18, 7.6% from 18 to 24, 29.0% from 25 to 44, 23.6% from 45 to 64, and 15.2% who were 65 or older.
Warminster Township is governed by a five-member Board of Supervisors, presently: Hurst Performance, based in Warminster from the 1950s to 1970s NAWC, Aircraft Division, Warminster Warminster Fire Department (Stations 90, 91, and 92), one of the busiest in Bucks County with approximately 700 calls each year Warminster Police Department (74 - PD) Warminster Volunteer Ambulance Corps (Squad 122), the Emergency Medical Services provider for Warminster, responded to 2938 calls in 2005 Hartsville Fire Company (Station 93) - which also covers part of Warwick Township Warminster Community Park is positioned on part of the former site of Naval Air Warfare Center Warminster.
Delaware Valley Private School (Warminster Heights) Warminster Township's Recreation Services Division provides many affairs and improve services, including overseeing and maintaining 420 acres of recreation areas inside 13 parks.
Warminster Community Park is the biggest at 240 acres, with over five miles of trails.
Sports teams, including soccer, football, basketball, swimming, wrestling, baseball, and softball, are provided by various adult and youth sports organizations throughout their respective seasons. The township is also home to the best-reviewed enhance golf course in Bucks County. Warminster Station, which serves as the end of SEPTA's Warminster Line Numbered routes in Warminster Township include Pennsylvania Route 132 (Street Road), which runs northwest-southeast through the township between Warrington and Southampton; Pennsylvania Route 263 (York Road), which runs north-south through the township between Hatboro and Jamison; and Pennsylvania Route 332 (Jacksonville Road), which runs southwest-northeast through the township between Hatboro and Ivyland.
Other meaningful roads include County Line Road, which runs northwest-southeast along the southwestern border with Montgomery County; Bristol Road, which runs northwest-southeast along the northeastern border of the township; Davisville Road, which runs southwest-northeast along the southeastern border of the township; and Mearns Road, which begins at Street Road in the center of the township and heads northeast. The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) provides train and bus service in Warminster Township.
The Warminster Station serves as the end of SEPTA Regional Rail's Warminster Line commuter rail service into Center City Philadelphia.
SEPTA City Bus Route 22 begins in Warminster and heads south to Olney Transportation Center in North Philadelphia via Willow Grove. Rushbus offers peak-hour shuttles between Warminster's train station and certain businesses in Warminster and encircling areas. Two cab companies also operate inside the township. Warminster has a total crime rate lower than 53% of all U.S.
Warminster has a history of police corruption and brutality, especially among its chiefs, three of whom have been fired for and/or convicted of wrongdoing: "Warminster Township".
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