VILLAGE OF BLOOMING GLEN
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| Blooming Glen Store
today (formerly Bishop's Store) |
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Blooming Glen looking
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| Bishop's Store in Blooming
Glen © 1906 |
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Blooming Glen looking east
© 1906. |
VILLAGES IN HILLTOWN
TOWNSHIP
Hilltown Township was organized around
the year 1722 and was the first township established northwest
of Buckingham Township. Though early settlers to the area were
Welsh, there are no Welsh place names in the township (or the
county). The township's name was Hilton for thirty years. The
origin of the name is unknown.. The present name of Hilltown is
likely a misspelling or adaptation of Hilton.Villages in Hilltown
included :
- Fairhill (Fairhill Road and Keystone
Drive)
- Hilltown (Hilltown Pike at Rt 152)
- Keystone Point (Orchard Rd., Old Bethlehem
Pike and Keystone Drive)
- Blooming Glen (Blooming Glen Road and
Rt 113)
- Leidytown (Hilltown Pike near Limekiln
Pike)
- Loux's Corner (Hilltown Pike and Church
Road).
During the 1870's, the village of Blooming
Glen went by the name of Moyer's Store and contained one of two
post offices in the township (the other in Hilltown). The name
change of Blooming Glen is dated to approximately the 1880's.
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| Blooming
Glen looking North. © 1906 |
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Employees and clothing
Factory of M. Brown © 1906, Blooming Glen, PA. |
BLOOMING GLEN TODAY
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 Details
of Blooming Glen Store |
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Today Blooming Glen is a large village
with a number of businesses and numerous homes. The village still
has a lot of farm land surrounding the village itself. There is
heavy traffic on Route 113 that passes through the village.
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| Mile marker at Route 113 and Blooming
Glen Road |
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Arch top window at Blooming Glen Store |
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Water pump in Blooming Glen |
Recently the Blooming Glen store was
purchased by two new owners who restored this significant architectural
structure. The building is now being used as an office and store
on the first floor and apartments above.
