About the Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania Area 

Newtown's  History
Newtown Township traces its roots back to William Penn, who purchased 5,000 acres from the Lenni Lenape Indians in 1683. He named this land my "New Township", which gradually evolved to Newtown Township. Newtown served as the County Seat of Bucks County from 1726 until 1813, when the Court was moved to Doylestown. In 1838, the area comprising the commercial center, plus a number of homes, was incorporated into Newtown Borough. Today, the Township surrounds Newtown Borough and each has its own form of government.

Parks & Recreation
Chandler Fields
Clark Nature Center
Helen Randle
Roberts Ridge
Carl Sedia
Silver Lake Park
Tyler State Park Education

Council Rock School District
Newtown is in the Council Rock School District. While the district serves many towns in Lower Bucks County, Newtown Township is home to Council Rock High School North, Newtown Middle School (formerly Newtown Junior High), Goodnoe Elementary School, Newtown Elementary School, and the former Chancellor Street School, which now acts as the administrative building for the district. Private schools in the area include George School, Newtown Friends School, and St. Andrews Catholic Education Center. The township is also the site of Bucks County Community College's main campus. La Salle University and Holy Family University also have satellite campuses on the Newtown Bypass.

Trivia
The Law School Admissions Council is headquartered there. As a result, most American lawyers have heard of Newtown.
The movie Signs, directed by M. Night Shyamalan, was partially filmed in Newtown. Specifically, a scene was shot in the Newtown Book and Record Exchange, a small store on Newtown's State Street. Another scene was shot in "Mom's", a small bake-at-home pizza shop in the middle of town. The owner of the parlor reports that at least one group stops by every day to see the parlor because of the movie. The scene in the Army Recruiting Office was staged and shot in a then-empty retail storefront on the southeast corner of S. State Street and Penn Street.

Fun Facts
Council Rock Newtown, a baseball team from Newtown, represented the Mid-Atlantic region in the 2005 Little League World Series. They went 1-2 during the tournament, and got eliminated during pool play.

The oldest operating movie theater in America is Newtown Theater.

Newtown Hardware House has been in the same location (106 S. State Street) since 1869 when it first opened.

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