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Gallows Hill, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Bucks
Township	Springfield
Elevation	617 ft (188 m)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code	18930
Area code(s)	610 and 484
GNIS feature ID	1173597

Pennsylvania Historical Marker
Designated:	1925

Gallows Hill is an unincorporated community in Springfield Township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. Gallows Hill is located at the intersection of Pennsylvania Route 412 and Stony Garden Road/Gallows Hill Road.

According to tradition, the community was named from a 17th-century traveler who hanged himself from a tree.

Municipalities and communities of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States

County seat: Doylestown

Boroughs	Bristol Chalfont Doylestown Dublin Hulmeville Ivyland Langhorne Langhorne Manor Morrisville New Britain New Hope Newtown Penndel Perkasie Quakertown Richlandtown Riegelsville Sellersville Silverdale Telford‡ Trumbauersville Tullytown Yardley

Townships	Bedminster Bensalem Bridgeton Bristol Buckingham Doylestown Durham East Rockhill Falls Haycock Hilltown Lower Makefield Lower Southampton Middletown Milford New Britain Newtown Nockamixon Northampton Plumstead Richland Solebury Springfield Tinicum Upper Makefield Upper Southampton Warminster Warrington Warwick West Rockhill Wrightstown

CDPs	Brittany Farms-The Highlands Churchville Cornwells Heights Croydon Eddington Fairless Hills Feasterville Levittown Milford Square Newtown Grant Plumsteadville Richboro Spinnerstown Trevose Village Shires Warminster Heights Woodbourne Woodside

Unincorporated communities	Andalusia Bedminster Blooming Glen Buckingham Bucksville Carversville Centre Bridge Danboro Dolington Durham Elephant Erwinna Eureka‡ Fallsington Ferndale Finland Forest Grove Fountainville Furlong Gallows Hill Gardenville Geryville‡ Hagersville Harrow Hartsville Highland Park Highton Hilltown Hinkletown Holicong Holland Hood Jamison Kintnersville Kulps Corner Lahaska Line Lexington‡ Lodi Lumberville Maple Beach Mechanicsville Mount Pleasant Neshaminy Falls Newville Oakford Ottsville Oxford Valley Penns Park Pineville Pipersville Pleasant Valley Point Pleasant Revere Rushland Shelly Solebury Southampton Springtown Uhlerstown Unionville‡ Upper Black Eddy Washington Crossing White Horse Wrightstown Wycombe Zionhill

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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