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Doylestown

Doylestown proper noun: a village in Wayne County, Ohio, United States.

Proper noun

Doylestown

  1. A village in Wayne County, Ohio, United States.
  2. A borough, the county seat of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States.
  3. A township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
  4. A village in Columbia County, Wisconsin, United States.

Origin of Doylestown

From Doyle + -s- + town. * (Ohio): Laid out in 1827 by William Doyle. * (Pennsylvania): In March 1745 William Doyle obtained a license to build a tavern on what is now the northwest corner of Dyers Road and Coryell’s Ferry Road (now Main and State Streets), known as “William Doyle’s Tavern”; its strategic location allowed the hamlet to grow into a village.

Questions about Doylestown

What does Doylestown mean?
Doylestown means a village in Wayne County, Ohio, United States.
What part of speech is Doylestown?
Doylestown is a proper noun.

Words near Doylestown in the dictionary

  1. doylem
  2. doylems
  3. Doyles
  4. Doyles Creek
  5. Doyles River
  6. Doylestown
  7. doyley
  8. doyleys
  9. doylies
  10. Doylist
  11. Doylists

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