Gallows Hill, Pennsylvania

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Gallows Hill, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
Gallows Hill is located in Pennsylvania
Gallows Hill
Gallows Hill
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Country United States
State Pennsylvania
County Bucks
Township Springfield
Elevation 617 ft (188 m)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code 18930
Area code(s) 610 and 484
GNIS feature ID 1173597[1]
Designated 1925[2]

Gallows Hill is an unincorporated community in Springfield Township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. Gallows Hill is located at the intersection of Pennsylvania Route 412 and Stony Garden Road/Gallows Hill Road.[3]

According to tradition, the community was named from a 17th-century traveler who hanged himself from a tree.[4]

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