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Bethayres, Pennsylvania

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On January 3, 1989, the community made headlines when Bucks County resident Glen Alton Barhight stole a SEPTA bus, and began a series of events which resulted in the injury of 15 people, the damage or destruction of 15 cars, and a police chase through five municipalities which ended when the bus
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had separate post offices until they became one post office. Until the name was changed to solely Huntingdon Valley Post Office, Huntingdon Valley-Bethayres was the longest postal name in the United States.
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The community got its name when the railroad came to the area in the 1870s. Elizabeth Ayres, a local woman, had a son who worked for
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McGovern, Bob. "30 years ago, man stole a SEPTA bus and took it on a wild ride." Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
315:. He named the station after his mother, and the community around the station and around the intersection of 273:, United States. It is named for Elizabeth Ayres, who lived at 2410 Huntingdon Pike, in a house now owned by 1453: 1403: 1337: 1312: 1286: 976: 246: 1522: 1423: 1240: 1178: 1148: 930: 920: 605: 415: 1499: 1448: 1413: 1173: 1078: 1047: 1042: 971: 935: 530: 525: 1458: 1408: 1398: 1383: 1353: 1276: 1143: 900: 874: 575: 393: 292: 285: 467: 1484: 1473: 1468: 1463: 1433: 1307: 1271: 1214: 1163: 1062: 1016: 1006: 981: 961: 956: 890: 600: 570: 555: 540: 520: 515: 491: 241: 1489: 1291: 1260: 1250: 1245: 1224: 1219: 1204: 1098: 1072: 1057: 910: 905: 884: 879: 850: 647: 610: 595: 585: 580: 1348: 1343: 1332: 1327: 1322: 1266: 1199: 1118: 1093: 1037: 1032: 1021: 925: 590: 565: 560: 550: 502: 1443: 1388: 1317: 1281: 1209: 1133: 1088: 1067: 1001: 946: 869: 863: 615: 545: 233: 1529: 1494: 1363: 1255: 1229: 1189: 1183: 1168: 1128: 1123: 1083: 1027: 621: 222: 8: 1438: 1428: 1378: 1358: 1194: 1108: 1052: 258: 32: 1393: 996: 510: 320: 281:
post office; for this reason, it is often said to be a section of Huntingdon Valley.
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and Huntingdon Pike became known as Bethayres. Bethayres and its northern neighbor,
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Unincorporated communities in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
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Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, United States
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Historic Bethayres- In the Heart of Huntingdon Valley
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As an unincorporated place, it is served by the 1544: 453: 381:Honor Roll (near Huntingdon Valley Library). 1558:Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania 460: 446: 46:Corner of Huntingdon Pk. and Philmont Ave. 295:Regional Rail line, providing access to 1545: 357:Huntingdon Valley Presbyterian Church. 441: 275:Huntingdon Valley Presbyterian Church 78:Location of Bethayres in Pennsylvania 13: 635: 468:Municipalities and communities of 328:crashed into a tree in Bethayres. 14: 1569: 98: 65: 386: 374: 362: 350: 338: 97: 90: 64: 57: 40: 471:Montgomery County, Pennsylvania 421: 408: 1: 401: 114:Show map of the United States 111:Bethayres (the United States) 7: 10: 1574: 369:Huntingdon Valley Library. 331: 306: 1518: 1508: 1107: 849: 646: 633: 501: 482: 240: 219: 202: 194: 184: 174: 166: 158: 123: 51: 39: 30: 23: 259:unincorporated community 81:Show map of Pennsylvania 33:Unincorporated community 263:Lower Moreland Township 198:144 ft (44 m) 640: 345:Elizabeth Ayres House. 639: 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Unincorporated community
Corner of Huntingdon Pk. and Philmont Ave.
Bethayres is located in Pennsylvania
Bethayres is located in the United States
40°06′50″N 75°04′16″W / 40.11389°N 75.07111°W / 40.11389; -75.07111
Montgomery
Lower Moreland
Time zone
UTC-5
EST
DST
UTC-4
EDT
Area codes
215, 267 and 445
unincorporated community
Lower Moreland Township
Montgomery County
Pennsylvania
Huntingdon Valley Presbyterian Church
Huntingdon Valley
station
SEPTA
West Trenton
Philadelphia
New Jersey
Reading Railroad
Welsh Rd
Huntingdon Valley
Elizabeth Ayres House.

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