"Buzz"-worthy Heritage
This is the year both East and West Pikeland Townships were established.
When is 1838?
George Washington's path through East Pikeland is now this road
What is Ridge Road?
This event hosts first responder vehicles and engines for the public to interact with
What is Touch-A-Truck?
This bird of prey can be seen perched on the cell tower at the municipal building
What is a red-tailed hawk
This percent of Pennsylvanians reports that outdoor recreation is an essential part of their mental health (2024 Lion Poll)
What is 82%?
This historic figure founded the French Creek Boarding School for Girls in Kimberton in 1818.
Who is Emmor Kimber?
This single-span, tied arch bridge is known locally as Silver Bridge
What is Hares Hill Bridge?
This township advisory group hosts a workshop educating residents on capturing roof runoff to reduce volume of polluted stormwater entering local waterways.
What is the EAC?
These owls can be heard on the French Creek trail
What are Screech Owls
A key priority of the PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) is to ensure that every Pennsylvanian lives within this many minutes of a trail.
What is ten minutes?
This is another name for the French Creek that may have been alliteration from Quaker settlers.
What is Friend's Creek?
This bridge was built by Benjamin F. Hartman in 1866
What is the Rapps Dam Bridge?
This township board assists in park and trail development and sponsors the Easter Egg Hunt, Summer Concert Series, and Family Movie Night events.
What is Pakr & Rec Board?
These protected and plentiful birds can be found throughout the township feasting on carrion
This trail was put in to connect Kimberton Village to the French Creek
What is the Powder Run trail
The township was directly involved in this part of the Revolutionary War.
What is the Philadelphia Campaign?
George Washington and his army marched from Yellow Springs to the iron furnace of Reading and Warwick by way of this small stone arch bridge, now replaced by concrete.
What is the Mary Snowden bridge?
This township advisory group sponsors a workshop that traces the origins of American Democracy back to Native American values.
What is the Historical Commission?
This township park hosts not one but two beetle hotels
What is Kimberton Park
These centers are strategically located near water bodies to optimize their cooling systems while straining local water resources and increasing natural gas consumption.
What are data centers?
This former US Supreme Court Justice and dean of the UPenn School of Law lived in the Kimberton area of East Pikeland Township
Who is Owen J. Roberts?
This railroad greatly expanded farmers access to new markets in 1871 and sits under what is now the Kimberton Arts Building
What is the Pickering Valley Railroad?
This annual night event strengthens relationships between police and the community
What is National Night Out?
These birds can be found nesting in homemade birdboxes at Kimberton Park
What is the Blue Bird
This system was identified in Pennsylvania's 2024 Lion Poll as a primary prohibitive factor in engaging in outdoor recreation in trails and parks.
What is buddy system (community)?