The Eighth District of Pennsylvania includes Bucks County, portions of Montgomery County and Northeast Philadelphia. The District is known for both its natural beauty as well as its historic significance.
Bucks was one of the three original counties established by the Founder of Pennsylvania in 1682. It took its name from a district in England, from whence came a number of the passengers by the Welcome. In a letter to the Free Society of Traders, early in 1683, William Penn speaks of it as Buckingham County, a shire or county in England. The Penns were an old Buckinghamshire family and had been seated there for generations; and many of the Quakers who had come over with Penn on the Welcome had migrated from Buckinghamshire.
Bucks County has played an important role in American history. General George Washington famously crossed the Delaware River into New Jersey from Bucks County. Additionally, Bucks has been home to many notable figures including; Margaret Mead, James Mitchner as well as the humanitarian Pearl S. Buck, whose international childern's service organization has its headquarters in the county.
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