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Danboro

School District: Central Bucks

Historic 18th Century Village: The Danboro Post Office (18916) continues operation as a non-delivery facility.

Prior to the American Revolution, Danboro was known as Clover Hill due to the abundance of red clover grown throughout farms in the area. Later, in a testament to himself, Daniel Thomas named it Danville. Thomas was an early settler and held various county posts between 1794 and 1811, including coroner and sheriff.

Samuel Nicholas owned both a stageline and the Danville Inn, operating it as a stagecoach stopover. Another name change in 1834 found the village known as Danborough. A post office wasn't established until more than three decades later (1870). Cornelius Sellers was the first Danborough postmaster. The name was subsequently shortened to its present spelling. [1]

  1. Bucks County Planning Commission, The Villages of Bucks County: A Guidebook, 1987
Polk's 1882 Gazetteer

DANBOBOUGH. Plumstead township, Bucks county, with 80 inhabitants, is located 3 miles north of Doylestown, the county seat, and nearest rail approach with which it has daily stage communication; fare, 20c. James Flack, postmaster.

  • Barnes Henry, carriage painter.
  • Dickie A M, physician.
  • Flack James, General Store.
  • Frantz Josiah, hotel.
  • Kratz Reed, blacksmith.
  • Michener Harry, wagonmkr.
  • Moyer Isaac G, butcher.
  • Price S G, veterinary surgeon.
  • Reigle James, carpenter.
  • Smith C S, justice of the peace.
  • Wyker R R, shoemkr.

R.L.Polk, Pennsylvania State Gazetteer & Business Directory, 1882, Philadelphia

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Street Names: Danboro-Point Pleasant Pike, Old Easton Road
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