Castle Valley, Pennsylvania
How did Castle Valley, Pennsylvania get it’s name? This page provides a brief history about the naming of Castle Valley, Pennsylvania, the people who settled it, and the industry rising within it. A hamlet of scattered dwellings in Doylestown Township, two miles southwest of Doylestown on Neshaminy Creek at the intersection of Almshouse and Lower State Roads. Once a part of Warwick, it was included in Doylestown Township in 1819. In colonial times it was known as Bartons Ford, so named for Thomas Barton, a nephew of Walter Shewell, founder of Painswick Hall, a short half mile from Castle Valley. … Read more