Loux Corner, Hilltown Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Loux Corner (or Louxs Corner) is a populated place of 5 or 6 houses in Hilltown Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States.[1] Formerly, it was known as Albrights Corner.[2]

History

Albrights Corner was named for Daniel Albright who arrived in Philadelphia from Germany, landing on 6 January 1791 and after living in Tinicum Township, Delaware County relocated to Bucks County in 1830.[2]

Geography

Albrights Corner is located approximately 6.5 km (4 miles) SE of Perkasie, Pennsylvania at the intersection of Old Bethlehem Road (now Upper Church Road) and Hilltown Pike, and is located within the Perkasie 18944 zip code, and the Pennridge School District.

References

  1. ↑ "Loux Corner". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. 1 2 MacReynolds, George, Place Names in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Doylestown, Bucks County Historical Society, Doylestown, PA, 1942, P1.
  • "Living Places, Albrights Corner, The Gombach Group, 1997-2017".

Coordinates: 40°20′49″N 75°13′25″W / 40.34694°N 75.22361°W / 40.34694; -75.22361


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