Doylestown real estate and homes for sale

Tucked into the historic, scenic and charming green hills and valleys of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Doylestown is a small borough about 27 miles north of Philadelphia. According to the 2010 U.S. census, the Doylestown had a population of 8,380.

The borough of Doylestown serves as the county seat of Bucks County. Even though it’s a relatively small community, residents of this quaint area enjoy a wide variety of retail, dining, entertainment, cultural, recreational, local government and school options, as well as numerous houses of worship, all within walking distance from most homes.

Shopping and Dining
If you think life in a small town means giving up the shopping and dining conveniences of a larger city, you might just change your mind after you visit or move to Doylestown.

In the borough’s historic downtown and in its Doylestown Shopping Center, you will find a number of stores, boutiques and specialty shops to fit just about everyone’s tastes and needs. Locally owned and operated, mom-and-pop-type stores blend beautifully with the Gap, Talbot’s and other big name retail chains.

Either before or after you’ve filled up your shopping bags at the book stores, clothing retailers, and gifts and collectibles shops, you can fill your stomach at any number of restaurants and eateries available in Doylestown.

The dining options are as ethnically diverse and eclectic as America itself. Sample some of the local table fare at A Taste of Philly, Ooka Japanese Restaurant, Pocos Mexican American Restaurant, Jules Thin Crust Pizza, Café Alessio and Friendly’s Restaurant; or fill up at one of the popular national franchises, such as Dairy Queen, Wendy’s and Burger King.

Parks and Recreation
Doylestown, along with the rest of the charming communities in Bucks County, has been blessed with a wealth of Mother Nature’s earthen beauty.

Doylestown’s community government takes full advantage of this by providing its happy residents, vacationers and other visitors with a plethora of places to play, both out door and indoor. It manages seven neighborhood parks and playgrounds, recreation facilities more than 80 total acres)and an activity center and several athletic fields. There is also a full spectrum of passive activities to pursue.

Bring your dog to some “Canine Capers” classes, grab your fishing pole and head on down to the borough’s fishin’ pond (where they hold the Youth Fishing Program every year) or mosey over to Veterans Memorial Park at Maplewood for a stroll through the heavily wooded pedestrian trails.

Doylestown has also created and developed a wide range of classes for all ages, including sports and wellness camps, art classes and enrichment courses. Special events, like a community yard sale and Howl-O-Ween Costume Parade and Bone Hunt are one of the features of life in small town America on which you just can’t put a price.

Living
Doylestown, with its close proximity to the huge metropolises of Philadelphia and New York City, has served as a sort of bedroom community for some of the wealthier folks from those two cities.

Perhaps one of the main reason people are attracted to this relatively small Pennsylvania borough is that it has been a very welcoming, jovial community since 1745, when William Doyle built a tavern on what is now the confluence of Main and State streets. In fact, the borough was known for years as William Doyle's Tavern.

There also happen to be a number of world-class cultural attractions in Doylestown. For example, the Mercer Museum houses a five-story masonry castle-like structure as an homage to American craftsmanship; and the James A. Michener Art Museum, which incorporated the 19th century stone structure that served as the Bucks County jail at its construction, exhibits a world-renowned art collection, along with an entire wing devoted to showing artists from Bucks County.

Schools, Health, Transportation
The Central Bucks School District serves the public education needs of Doylestown. It includes two elementary schools, one middle school and one high school. Doylestown Township, which is located just outside Doylestown Borough, contains Paul W. Kutz Elementary School.

Some of the hospitals and medical centers in and near Doylestown include Doylestown Hospital, St. Mary Medical Center, about four miles away in Langhorne, Pa., Lansdale Hospital, about eleven miles away in Lansdale, Pa., and Grand View Hospital, also about eleven miles away in Sellersville, Pa.

The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) rail service connects Doylestown to Philadelphia and several other stops, with Doylestown Station being the Lansdale/Doylestown Line’s last stop.

SEPTA also handles the borough’s bus service to nearby communities as well as Philly. In Doylestown, the DART (Doylestown Area Regional Transit) shuffles people around town.