Lower Makefield Township, Pennsylvania
Lower Makefield Township | |
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Location of Lower Makefield Township in Bucks County | |
Lower Makefield Township Location in Pennsylvania and the United States Lower Makefield Township Lower Makefield Township (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 40°13′32″N 74°49′56″W / 40.22556°N 74.83222°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Bucks |
| Area | |
• Total | 18.28 sq mi (47.3 km2) |
| • Land | 17.87 sq mi (46.3 km2) |
| • Water | 0.41 sq mi (1.1 km2) |
| Elevation | 121 ft (37 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 33,180 |
• Estimate (2021) | 33,267 |
| • Density | 1,857/sq mi (716.9/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| Area codes | 215, 267, and 445 |
| FIPS code | 42-017-44968 |
| Website | www |
Lower Makefield Township is a township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. Lower Makefield Township is located in the Delaware Valley and borders the Delaware River and New Jersey to its north and east. Most addresses in the township have a Yardley address; the township surrounds the borough of Yardley on its north, south, and west.
Neighboring towns and cities in New Jersey are Hopewell Township, Ewing Township, and Trenton. Additionally, the township borders Upper Makefield Township, Newtown Township, Pennsylvania, Middletown Township, Pennsylvania, Falls Township, and Morrisville.
As of the 2010 census, the population of Lower Makefield Township was 32,559, not including Yardley Borough.
Lower Makefield is the largest municipality (by population) in North America without its own municipal court or post office. The municipal court serving Lower Makefield is in Morrisville (the town bordering the township to the southeast), and there are no plans to change the arrangements with Morrisville. The post office, while retaining the name of Morrisville, is located within Falls Township in which some of the township is served by the same ZIP code (19067).