where is bucks county

Bucks County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the northeastern United States, located in the southeastern part of the state just north of Philadelphia.

Where Bucks County Is

• Bucks County sits in southeastern Pennsylvania and forms the northern edge of the greater Philadelphia metropolitan area.

• It borders Philadelphia and Montgomery County to the southwest and west, and the Delaware River and the state of New Jersey to the east.

• The county seat (main administrative center) is the borough of Doylestown, roughly 40 miles north of Philadelphia.

Extra Quick Facts

• Bucks County is named after Buckinghamshire (“Bucks”) in England.

• It covers about 608 square miles of land and nearly 16 square miles of water.

• As of the 2020 census, it has around 646,000 residents, making it one of Pennsylvania’s more populous counties.

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