Buckingham Mountain
| Buckingham Mountain | |
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 Buckingham Mountain | |
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| Elevation | 520 ft (160 m) |
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| Location | Bucks County, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Parent range | Piedmont Plateau |
Buckingham Mountain (Lenape: Pepacating [1]) is located in Buckingham Township in Central Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is the second most elevated land in all of Bucks County at 520 feet.
History
On top of Buckingham Mountain stands the Mount Gilead African Methodist Episcopal Church, built in 1835, and rebuilt in 1852 out of stone. It was founded by runaway slaves and was considered to be one of the more prominent refuges for runaway slaves in Southeastern Pennsylvania.
Racing the Devil
There is an urban legend that anyone who knocks on the door of the church and asks to race the devil must run down the mountain and if they feel a gust of wind go past them before they get to the bottom, that means the devil ran past them and they lost the race. But if they don't feel the gust of wind before reaching the bottom, then they won the race.
References
- ^ "Indian Place Names in Bucks County" (PDF). Lenape Nation - A Tribal Community. Retrieved 2012-09-27.
External links
- "Scenic Bucks County Photos". Todd White.
- Historic American Buildings Survey. "Mount Gilead A.M.E. Church, 1940 Holicong Road, Buckingham, Bucks County, PA". Library of Congress.