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| | Perkasie, Pennsylvania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Perkasie is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 35 miles (56 km) north of Philadelphia. |
 | | Establishments in the borough early in the twentieth century included silk mills, baseballs, brickyards, lumber mills, tile works, a stone crusher, and manufacturies of cigars, tags and labels, wire novelties, etc. The population in 1900 was 1,803; in 1910, 2,779 people lived in Perkasie. |
 | | About 25.2% of families and 28.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 30.3% of those under age 18 and 40.9% of those age 65 or over. |
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