Doylestown

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

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.

Proper noun[edit]

Doylestown

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