Did You Know?

Seventy years ago, the roads were dirt, some not even two cars wide. There were no hexagon stop signs on any roads.

Stony Hill Road was one lane wide and closed frequently during snow storms. It was first called Fallsington-Newtown Road because it connected the Quaker Meeting House in Fallsington with the Meeting House in Newtown.

In the early 1920's, the name changed to Roelofs-Fallsington Road, possibly so named because Henry W. Roelof had a large felt and hat factory next to the road. His property was surrounded by Langhorne Pike to the north, the railroad on the south and Roelofs- Falsington Road on the west.

By 1937 the name Stony Hill Road became the last name change. The WPA paved the first phase of Stony Hill Road from Route 332 to the railroad tracks.

Heacock Road, so named after the enterprising Joseph Heacock, the rose man who also owned the Hillborn farm. The Hillborns ran the dairy for him.

Big Oak Road was called "Swamp Road." When it rained, the whole area "water-soaked" or swampy. It has been said that that Mrs. Scudder, who owned the farm where Charles Boehm and Pennwood School are now, sent around a petition to change the name of Swamp Road to Big Oak Road. On that corner stook a Duerr’s General Store, and a huge oak tree to the west of it. Some believed this tree was standing when George Washington was in the Bucks County area. This intersection was also the location of Lower Makefield’s first traffic light.

Township Line Road was the last township road to be paved in the 1960's.

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