2006-07-15 03:53:43 · 2 answers · asked by machoman0011 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
Bucks County, located in Southeastern Pennsylvania, was one of three original Pennsylvania counties founded by William Penn in 1682. Although Bucks County has many white-tailed deer, the name Bucks has nothing to do with the animal. Rather, it's a shortening of the name Buckinghamshire, England, which is where the Penn family originally lived.
2006-07-15 03:57:47 · answer #1 · answered by penpallermel 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That is an awesome question
Why? because I live in Bucks County and I have never heard of any reason for it.
In Bucks we have William Penn's home, the place that Washington crossed the Delaware, cemetery's from the revolutionary war and all the history that goes with it.
But I have never heard a reason.
Maybe there were just a lot of Bucks (male deer) when they were deciding the name. God knows we are still over run with them.
WAY TO GO PENPALLERMEL YOU ROCK GIRLFRIEND !!!
GIVE THE LADY 10 RIGHT NOW !!!
2006-07-15 11:04:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋