Hulmeville dates to 1796, and 38% of its homes were built before 1940
1 place in town is on the National Register, among them a historic district with 103 buildings. Below: 4 old photos and papers, maps from 1944 on, and the census since 1880.
The Hulme family name, originally DeHoulme, is of Norman origin, dating from William the Conqueror. Members of the family originally settled in Lancashire, England, a branch later moved to Cheshire. The American family came from this branch. George Hulme Sr. and George Hulme Jr. immigrated to Bucks County from Tilston, Cheshire, about 1700, purchasing land and settled in Middletown Township, some of the family later relocating to Buckingham. John Hulme Sr., grandson of George Sr. and his son, George Hulme Jr., moved from Buckingham to Fallsington and ran a weaving business until 1796 when John Jr. purchased land along the Neshaminy Creek and called it Milford. John Jr. married Rebecca Milnor daughter of William Milnor.
Passages that mention Hulmeville, cut from the printed page as they were published.
The history of Bucks County, Pennsylvania1876 · page 159Read the page →
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Dunk's ferry, but we do not know that it was granted. In 1700 a road was opened from Growden's to the King's highway leading to the falls. This highway at that time was probably the road from the Poquessing that crossed the Neshaminy about Hulmeville, and which at one time was a thoroughfare from the falls to Philadelphia. Galloway's ford was on the Neshaminy above Hulmeville, and was destroyed when the dam was built, because it backed up the water so that it could not be crossed. At April term, 1703, the
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The history of Bucks County, Pennsylvania1876 · page 828Read the page →
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In September, 1871, William Tilton issued the first number of The /Squib at Hulmeville, a sheet six by nine inches. It wras printed at intervals until April, 1872, when it was enlarged to nine by twelve inches, published semi-monthly, and the name changed to The Beacon, In August of the same year it was doubled in size, and in January, 1873, it was changed to a weekly, the present name, Hulmeville Beacon, adopted, and again doubled in size. In July it was made a five-column paper, and on the 7th of May, 1874, a
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History of Bucks county, Pennsylvania, from the discovery of the Delaware to the present time1905Read the page →
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was able to give his father competent assistance and he remained with him until he attained his majority. He then located in Hulmeville, Bucks county, where for almost a quarter of a century he conducted the Hulmeville Hotel in such a manner as to show a substantial profit at the end of each year. After this
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Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
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Hulmeville, decade by decade
2 decades in the archive, from the 1880s to the 1890s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →
From Wikimedia Commons (6), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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