{"id":7900,"date":"2009-12-29T19:37:28","date_gmt":"2009-12-30T00:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riegelsville.org\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2023-05-12T16:41:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-12T16:41:00","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/riegelsville.org\/?page_id=7900","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Riegelsville is situated in the northeastern corner of Bucks County along the picturesque Delaware River.\u00a0 Formerly an island in the river, known as the Indian Village of Pechoqueolin, Riegelsville was once occupied by the Shawanese.\u00a0 The Shawanese were placed in certain areas around the country where there was &#8220;something to watch over.&#8221;\u00a0 In this area they were entrusted to watch over the iron ore.\u00a0 A land grant established in 1682 through &#8220;The Free Society of Traders&#8221;, left the Indians of land that was very valuable with mineral resources.\u00a0 Some time near the turn of the century a survey was done and part of the land grant became Durham Township.\u00a0 The Durham Iron Company was organized in 1726 with the intent of making iron. After Durham Township became organized June 3, 1775, the Durham Iron Company dissolved and the land was partitioned into two tracts, numbers 32 and 33. Wendell Shank, proprietor of Shank&#8217;s Ferry purchased tract number 32 in 1774.\u00a0 This ferry was used to cross the Delaware River until a covered bridge was built in 1838.\u00a0 Wendell sold tract number 32 to Benjamin Riegel, grandson of Mathias Riegel who was one of two brothers, the other being George Riegel, that came to Pennsylvania from Germany on the ship &#8220;Adventurer&#8221; in 1732.\u00a0 Shank&#8217;s Ferry then became known as Riegel&#8217;s Ferry and subsequently Riegelsville, which was established in 1820.\u00a0 This Benjamin Riegel, a farmer, was considered to be the founder of the town.\u00a0 His nephew, also named Benjamin, was a miller.\u00a0 They were referred to as Benjamin Riegel (farmer) and Benjamin Riegel (miller.\u00a0 Benjamin Riegel (miller) bought the remaining tract of land, number 33, in 1832.\u00a0 Also, in 1832, the Delaware Canal opened up from Easton to Philadelphia.\u00a0 This opening began the development of mercantile establishments and subsequent housing in Riegelsville.\u00a0 In 1850 the village of Riegelsville comprised one store, one tavern and eleven dwellings.\u00a0 In 1877 lots south of Airy Road (now Delaware Road) became available for development.\u00a0 By 1887 the population was 500, about one half of the present population.\u00a0 In 1916 the village of Riegelsville consisted of 109 freeholders residing within its limits.\u00a0 After the first day of February, 1916 seventy-four freeholders, a majority of the freeholders residing within the limits of Riegelsville signed their <a href=\"https:\/\/riegelsville.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Original-Signers.pdf\">names<\/a> to a petition to incorporate The Borough of Riegelsville.\u00a0 On the 15th day of May, 1916 the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace In and For the County of Bucks granted and decreed that the said village be incorporated.\u00a0 The following is an excerpt taken from the Mechanics Hall minutes, dated February 8, 1915:<\/p>\n<p>On the evening of December 3, 1914 at a Men&#8217;s meeting held in the Reformed Church, to consider Church and public interests, a Committee consisting of John B. Poore, S. C. Bachman, and H. Wells was appointed to investigate the street lighting of Riegelsville.\u00a0 The Committee presented its report at a later date, of which the following is the concluding part.\u00a0 &#8220;A company must be organized before anything definite can be accomplished.\u00a0 After carefully considering the question, we would recommend the most feasible plan would be to incorporate the town, which would create a head for any improvement contemplated.&#8221;\u00a0 This was the beginning of an interest that looked toward improvements in Riegelsville.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Riegelsville is situated in the northeastern corner of Bucks County along the picturesque Delaware River.\u00a0 Formerly an island in the river, known as the Indian Village of Pechoqueolin, Riegelsville was&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7900","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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