Chalfont Borough

Chalfont Borough municipal offices are located at 40 North Main Street, Chalfont PA 18914; phone: 215-822-7295.

In 1672 William Penn met his wife-to-be, Gulielma Springett, in the English village of Chalfont St. Giles. This is likely the derivation of the boroughs name. The village was incorporated as a borough in 1901.

Chalfont grew-up around the confluence of the west and north branches of Neshaminy Creek. The area was first settled around 1720 by Simon Butler and Simon Mathews. Together they built the first grist mill in this part of Bucks County. A post office was established in 1845 and named Whitehallville. The growing village was thus known by that name until 1869 when the North Pennsylvania Railroad renamed their station "Chalfont," and references to the village as Chalfont soon followed. In the 1760s, the road from Chalfont to Doylestown (Route 202) was known as Society Road, likely because it passed through land owned by the "Free Society of Traders."

Today the borough is a curious mix of heavy traffic, several residential subdivisions, and a main street displaying a good number of homes and businesses with significant architectual character.