Bedminster Township, Pennsylvania

Deep Run Presbyterian Church was established before 1725, Reverend William Tennant served as pastor from 1726 to 1738.

In 1741, thirty-five residents, mostly Irish and German, petitioned the Court of Quarter Sessions to lay out the township which was granted and the land was surveyed by John Chapman.

The Tohickon Reformed Church was organized probably in June 1745, the first pastor was Reverend John Conrad Wirtz, of Zürich, Switzerland.

[3] The Stover-Myers Mill was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

Its villages include Bedminster, Bedminster Center, Deep Run, Elephant, Fretz, Griers Corner (also in Hilltown and Plumstead Townships), Hagersville, Jacobsville, Keelersville, Kellers Church, Kulps Corner (also in Hilltown Township), Owlsburg, Pipersville, and Weisel.

The average wettest month is July which corresponds with the annual peak in thunderstorm activity.

During the winter months, the average annual extreme minimum air temperature is −2.4 °F (−19.1 °C).

Ice storms and large snowstorms depositing ≥ 12 inches (30 cm) of snow occur once every few years, particularly during nor’easters from December through February.

[11] The plant hardiness zone is 6b with an average annual extreme minimum air temperature of −2.4 °F (−19.1 °C).

[9] The spring bloom typically begins by April 13 and fall color usually peaks by October 27.

PA 611 northbound in Bedminster Township