Photo by Marla Burke
Haycock Township was established in 1763 and was formed from “odds and ends” that were left over after all the surrounding townships had formed. The area that became Haycock was populated and had some roads, including Old Bethlehem Road, but there was no government to levy taxes and maintain roads and order. The name was derived from the conical shaped stacks of hay in fields that were call haycocks.
Haycock Township contains 2010 acres of State Game Lands, including Haycock Mountain, also within the Township are the 500 acre Lake Towhee County Park, and a large part of Lake Nockamixon State Park.
View a copy of a map of Haycock Township from 1876 HERE (380kb)
View a copy of a map of Haycock Township with the one room school districts from 1891 HERE (2.6mb)
View a copy of a Land Use map as prepared by the Haycock Township Commission in 1963 HERE (15.4mb)
View a copy of a road map just before Lake Nockamixon was flooded HERE (253kb)
Interesting Facts and statistics about Haycock Township
Established in 1762, Haycock Township is a Township of the Second Class. All but one township in Bucks County are of the Second Class, with Bristol Township being the exception.
Land area – 19.719 square miles, 12,620.16 acres
Water area – 1.321 square miles, 845.44 acres
Population (2000 census) – 2191
Housing units (2000 census) – 791 (probably close to 900 now)
Township road miles – 20.65
PennDOT road miles – 23.49
Preserved Open Space Summary:
Nockamixon State Park – 2358 acres
State Game Lands – 2184 acres
Lake Towhee County Park – 578 acres
Natural Areas Program – 371 acres
Donated conservation easements – 118 acres
Agricultural preservation easements – 124 acres
Agricultural easements offer accepted – 122 acres
Agricultural easements offer made, awaiting acceptance – 131 acres
Boy & Girl Scout owned land – 161 acres
Heritage Conservancy owned or easements – 34 acres
plus various Parochial, School, Public Safety and Municipal properties.
Future Preservation:
Agricultural easements on the 2009 ranking list – 185 acre
Evaluated properties for future preservation – approx. 385 acres
Total currently preserved – 6181 acres