There are also some few protected farms, most significantly that of Styer's Orchards, which was saved from turning into the site of 632 homes in the late 1990s.

Place names in Middletown Township include Bucktoe, Chicken Foot, Edgewood, Glenlake, Levittown (also in Bristol and Falls Township, and Tullytown Borough), Maple Point, Oxford Valley, Parkland, Pickpocket, Timbucktoo, and Woodbourne.

[6] Middletown Township began as a farming community, with close proximity to trading towns such as Langhorne and Newtown.

There are not many significant historical places located in the township apart from homes and farms constructed in the late 18th century.

As the decades passed, its woods, countryside, and farms continued to be swallowed into homes and businesses.

The township preserved hundreds of acres now known as Core Creek Park, which includes the sprawling Lake Luxembourg.

The township has transformed from a bucolic, rural area to a car-centric and haphazardly planned community, with rising crime and an award-winning school district.

Middletown's immigrant population largely consists of Indians, Koreans, Mexican Americans and Russians.

Pennsylvania Route 332 briefly enters the northern edge of the township along the Newtown Bypass.

Pennsylvania Route 413 follows a generally southeast-to-northwest alignment through the center of the township, utilizing several roadways.

Finally, Pennsylvania Route 513 briefly enters the township as it travels between Penndel and Hulmeville.

[14] The township was once dominated by the Republican Party like most of Bucks County, due to a more bucolic, rural feel.

Senator) and Chris King (Pennsylvania's 142nd Representative District), who are all Democrats, won the township.

The heavily battled election between Mike Fitzpatrick and Patrick Murphy for the 8th Congressional district was split 50/50 like much of the area.

A number of furniture stores, hotel chaing, a major hospital, and office buildings are also located in the Oxford Valley Mall vicinity.

Many homes have been constructed around the mall, the oldest being Langhorne Gardens, a branch of Levittown, Pennsylvania.

As thousands of people from other continents have settled near the mall, there is a wide variety of ethnic food, churches, and superstores in its vicinity.

Middletown Township is the home to the corporate headquarters of McCaffrey's Food Markets, an upscale regional grocery store chain which has locations in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

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

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.

[19] The plant hardiness zone is 7a with an average annual extreme minimum air temperature of 1.2 °F (−17.1 °C).

[15] The spring bloom typically begins by April 7 and fall color usually peaks by November 3.