Loux Corner, Hilltown Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Loux Corner (Albrights Corner) | |
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Populated place | |
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| ZIP Code | 18944 |
| Area codes | 215, 267, and 445 |
Loux Corner (or Louxs Corner) is a populated place consisting of five or six homes in
Hilltown Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States.[1] Formerly, it was known as Albrights Corner.[2]
History
Albrights Corner was named for Daniel Albright, whose family name was originally Albrecht. He arrived in
Justice of the Peace. The store was closed in the late 1800s. One of Albright's descendants, Charles A. Cuffel, was a Lieutenant in the Union Army during the American Civil War, serving in Independent Battery D, Pennsylvaia Volunteer Artillery. After the war, Cuffel served as Deputy Recorder of Deeds in Bucks County. Cuffel was also the author of the book 'History of Durell's Bettery in the Civil War (Independent Battery D. Pennsylvania Volunteer Artillery'.[2]
Geography
Albrights Corner is located approximately 6.5 km (4 miles) southeast of Perkasie at the intersection of Old Bethlehem Road (now Upper Church Road) and Hilltown Pike, and is located within the Perkasie 18944 ZIP Code, and the Pennridge School District.
References
- ^ "Loux Corner". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ a b MacReynolds, George, Place Names in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Doylestown, Bucks County Historical Society, Doylestown, PA, 1942, P1.
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