Core Creek Park
County park in Pennsylvania, US
Core Creek Park, a county park within Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It sits within Middletown Township on 1,200 acres (4.9 km2). The park surrounds Lake Luxembourg, which was formed by a dam on Core Creek. The park opens at dawn and closes at dusk.
History
The first owner of the land around Core Creek was Thomas Croasdale who bought 1000 acres of land from William Penn in 1682. In 1733, Croasdale's grandson was forced to sell the land due to financial problems and John Watson purchased it.
Thomas Jenks purchased a different section of land in 1731. Jenks was a significant man in the Langhorne area in that time period and built many structures in the area including a fulling mill on Core Creek which was a significant place for the people of the time to go and process their sheep's wool. Fulling Mill Road to the north of the park is named after this. During the American Revolutionary War the mill was raided by British soldiers who commandeered the cloth that had been ordered by George Washington's army.
The public source identifies “Core Creek Park” as county park in Pennsylvania, US. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Core, Creek and Park.
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