Bensalem Township is a township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United
States and borders the northeast section of Philadelphia. The township
is composed of many communities, including Andalusia, Bensalem,
Bridgewater, Cornwells Heights, Eddington, Flushing, Oakford, Siles,
Trappe, and Trevose. Bensalem Township has no incorporated
municipalities (city or borough) within its boundaries. As of the 2010
census, the township had a total population of 60,427, which makes it
the most populated municipality in Bucks County, and the ninth most
populated municipality in Pennsylvania. The township, which was
founded in 1692, is almost as old as Pennsylvania itself, which was
founded in 1682.The origin of the name Bensalem likely comes from
references made by settler Joseph Growden, who named his estate Manor
of Bensalem in honor of William Penn and the Semitic term for peace,
Salem. It was originally named Salem; the first syllable Ben was added
in 1701.The origin of the name Bensalem likely comes from references
made by settler Joseph Growden, who named his estate Manor of Bensalem
in honor of William Penn and the Semitic term for peace, Salem. It was
originally named Salem; the first syllable Ben was added in 1701.The
area of Bensalem Township was likely distinct by 1682 as it appears on
the Holme Map, thought not yet with a name. By 2 January 1685, the
boundary was fixed between Bensalem and Philadelphia County along the
Poquessing Creek. At the September session in 1692 of the Court of
Bucks County, a jury of thirteen men was formed to define boundaries
of divisions that had been created up to that time. The report
submitted in December states that "All the lands between Neshamineh
and Poquessin, and so to the upper side of Joseph Growden's land in
one and to be called 'Salem.'" It thus appears that the first name of
the township was 'Salem'. The minutes of the Board of Property of the
Province on 19 November 1701 at Philadelphia noted the name of the
area as 'Bensalem'. The population of the area was first a few Dutch
and Swedes, then later a larger influx of English, and then additional
Dutch settled the area.Bensalem is the southernmost township in Bucks
County and is bordered by the Northeast Philadelphia section of the
city of Philadelphia to the west and south, Croydon and the rest of
Bristol Township to the east and northeast, the borough of Hulmeville
and Middletown Township to the north, and Feasterville, Trevose, and
Oakford in Lower Southampton Township to the northwest. Across the
Delaware River in Burlington County, New Jersey to the southeast,
there are the city of Beverly, Delanco Township, and Edgewater Park
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