Anniversary History of the Quakertown Community School District: The Townships

As early as the 1740s, settlers in Upper Bucks County established schools in which they educated their children. By the mid-1830s a vibrant network of parochial and "subscription schools" dotted the townships of Haycock, Milford, and Richland. Absorbed into the common school system in 1848, these one-room schools formed the basis of the public education system for the next century. This series celebrates the establishment of the present QCSD in 1966 by tracing the history of education in each constituent municipality. The townships are represented in this book, volume I.