Falls Creek, also known as High Falls Creek, is a tributary of the Delaware River wholly contained in Bridgeton Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The creek boasts the highest falls in Bucks County.
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Bridgeton Township is a township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,234 at the 2020 census. The township was originally a part of adjacent Nockamixon Township, but a division was arranged and signed on May 24, 1890. This accord split an area of Nockamixon which ran west from the banks of the Delaware River to approximately one third the breadth of the original township. This smaller area was named "Bridgeton", since it was the site of Upper Black Eddy–Milford Bridge covered wooden truss bridge built in 1842, which connected the towns of Upper Black Eddy, Pennsylvania and Milford, New Jersey. The original covered bridge was replaced by a truss bridge in 1933.
The township originally contained several tiny hamlets, such as the aforementioned Upper Black Eddy, Narrowsville, and Rupletown. Upper Black's Eddy, as it was originally called, and Raubsville were named for notable landholders, while Narrowsville was named for a particularly thin portion of the Delaware River. With the construction of a centralized post office in Upper Black Eddy, the usage of separate names for the smaller towns ceased in an official capacity, and the everyday errands of residents became centered on the largest of the towns.
What little commercial trade exists in the township is now centered solely in Upper Black Eddy, with any evidence of there being any distinctive, smaller villages existing only on outdated road-signs and maps. Ringing Rocks Park is located within the township, as well as state game hunting lands. Bridgeton Township is also home to the Homestead General Store, the oldest continually operating general store on the Delaware Canal.
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Upper Black Eddy is a village located in northern Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The village is 58 miles west-southwest of New York City and 45 miles north of Philadelphia.
Upper Black Eddy is part of Bridgeton Township, which also borders the adjacent borough of Milford via the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission's free Upper Black Eddy–Milford Bridge over the Delaware River.
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The Upper Black Eddy–Milford Bridge is a free bridge that crosses over the Delaware River in the United States. Owned and operated by the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission, it carries Bridge Street, connecting CR 519 in Milford, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, with Pennsylvania Route 32 in Upper Black Eddy, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
The bridge currently has a 55-ton weight limit, the heaviest free bridge on the Delaware.
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The Milford Historic District is a 139-acre historic district located along Bridge, Carpenter, Church, Spring Garden, Green, and Maple Streets in the borough of Milford in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 21, 2025, for its significance in community development and industry. The district includes 253 contributing buildings, 7 contributing structures, and 5 contributing sites. The Upper Black Eddy–Milford Bridge is an important contributing property, connecting the community to Upper Black Eddy, Pennsylvania.
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Milford is a borough located in western Hunterdon County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 1,232, a decrease of one person from the 2010 census count of 1,233, which in turn reflected an increase of 38 from the 1,195 counted in the 2000 census.
Milford was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 15, 1911, from portions of Holland Township, based on the results of a referendum held on May 8, 1911. The borough's incorporation was confirmed on March 13, 1925.
The borough is located on the Delaware River in the western portion of Hunterdon County, known as the Hunterdon Plateau. The borough dates to the mid-18th century when a grist mill was established beside a river in what was then Bethlehem Township. After the mill was destroyed by fire in 1769, the settlement became known as Burnt Mills in Alexandria Township. The area was renamed "Lowreytown" after Thomas Lowrey purchased land in the area in 1796. The community became commonly known as "Millford" or "Millsford" by the beginning of the 19th century, but by 1844 the name had lost a letter or two. By 1863 it was consistently spelled as "Milford". The community was incorporated in 1911 but the official incorporation was not registered until 1925.
The Milford Historic District, encompassing the community, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2025.