To this day, Fairhill in Upper Bucks County offers stunning views of nature that in the past would offer glimpses of seven counties whenever the air was clear, writes Carl LaVO for the Bucks County Courier Times.

The Hilltown Township sits on a 700-foot-high plateau around three miles southeast of Sellersville. As settlers started to arrive in the area, they marveled at the stunning view from the east end of the hill that was largely clearcut for farms.

In addition to parts of Bucks, Montgomery, Chester, Philadelphia, Berks, Lehigh, and Northampton counties, “territory around Delaware Water Gap may be seen” seventy miles to the north, said historian George MacReynolds.

The view was so gorgeous that new residents named the area Fairhill.

At the end of the nineteenth century, a boot factory started operations in the area, followed by a cabinet and casket maker. When a post office opened in 1890, the village had to change its name to Garisville to avoid confusion since Philadelphia had a Fairhill address.

But when the post office closed five years later, residents were quick to ditch Garisville and went back to using the more fitting Fairhill.

Read more about Fairhill’s extraordinary views and transformative history at the Bucks County Courier Times.

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