Tinicum Township | |
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Township | |
Location of Tinicum Township in Bucks County |
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Pennsylvania | |
Coordinates: 40°30′30″N 75°07′35″W / 40.50833°N 75.12639°WCoordinates: 40°30′30″N 75°07′35″W / 40.50833°N 75.12639°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Pennsylvania |
County | Bucks |
Area | |
• Total | 31.2 sq mi (81 km2) |
• Land | 30.2 sq mi (78 km2) |
• Water | 1.0 sq mi (3 km2) |
Elevation | 531 ft (162 m) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 3,995 |
• Density | 130/sq mi (49/km2) |
Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
• Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
Postal code | 18972 - Upper Black Eddy 18920 - Erwinna 18947 - Pipersville 18950 - Point Pleasant 18942 - Ottsville |
Area code(s) | 215, 610 |
Website | www |
Tinicum Township is a township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,995 at the 2010 census.
The Uhlerstown-Frenchtown Bridge, a free Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission bridge over the Delaware River, connects Uhlerstown to Frenchtown in Hunterdon County, New Jersey. It is located approximately forty miles north of Center City, Philadelphia.
This township includes both area codes 215 and 610. The township also has five different zip codes.
The Red Hill Church and School, Ridge Valley Rural Historic District, and Lewis Summers Farm are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 31.2 square miles (80.8 km²), of which, 30.2 square miles (78.2 km²) of it is land and 1.0 square miles (2.5 km²) of it (3.11%) is water. Tohickon Creek flows along its southern boundary into the Delaware River, which separates the township from New Jersey. Its villages include Erwinna, Ottsville (also in Nockamixon Township), Point Pleasant (also in Plumstead Township), Sundale, Smithtown, Wormansville, Tinicum, Uhlerstown and Upper Black Eddy (also in Bridgeton Township).