Bristol, Pennsylvania

Bristol, Pennsylvania
Bristol, Pennsylvania
Borough
	Lions Park on the Delaware River in Bristol
	Seal
	Location of Bristol Borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania
	Bristol Location of Bristol Borough in Pennsylvania Bristol Bristol (the United States)
	Coordinates: 40°06′12″N 74°51′05″W / 40.10333°N 74.85139°W
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Bucks
Settled	1681
Government
• Mayor	Joseph A. Saxton
Area
• Total	1.96 sq mi (5.07 km2)
• Land	1.70 sq mi (4.40 km2)
• Water	0.26 sq mi (0.67 km2)
Elevation	20 ft (6 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	9,861
• Density	5,807.42/sq mi (2,242.41/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP Code	19007
Area codes	215, 267, and 445
FIPS code	42-08760
Website	www.bristolborough.com
Pennsylvania Historical Marker
Designated	January 13, 1949

Bristol is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located 23 miles (37 km) northeast of Center City Philadelphia, opposite Burlington, New Jersey on the Delaware River.

Bristol was settled in 1681 and first incorporated in 1720. After 1834, it became very important to the development of the American Industrial Revolution as the terminus city of the Delaware Canal, providing greater Philadelphia with the day's high quality anthracite coal from the Lehigh Canal via Easton. The canal and a short trip on the Delaware River also gave the town access to the mineral resources available in Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York via each of the Morris Canal, the Delaware and Hudson Canal, and the Delaware and Raritan Canal, and connected the community to those markets and trade from New York City.

Although its charter was revised in 1905, the original charter remains in effect, making it the third-oldest borough in Pennsylvania after Chester and Germantown. It had 7,104 residents in 1900; 9,256 in 1910; 10,273 in 1920; and 11,895 in 1940. The most recent 2010 census showed its population at 9,726. Its current mayor is Joseph A. Saxton. It is served by SEPTA's Trenton Line.

Bristol is located 70.9 miles (114.1 km) southeast of Allentown and 22.4 miles (36.0 km) northeast of Philadelphia.

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