Chalfont, Pennsylvania

**Chalfont, Pennsylvania**
	General Information
Name	Chalfont, Pennsylvania
Native Name
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Settlement Type	Borough
	Transliteration
Language 1
Type 1
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	Location
Coordinates	40.2884°N 75.2082°W
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	Population
Total	4009
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	Government
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	Time Zone
Standard	UTC-5
DST	UTC-4

Chalfont is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,009 at the 2010 census. Chalfont is part of the North Penn Valley, a region that is centered around the borough of Lansdale.

History[edit]

Chalfont was named after Chalfont St Giles, a village in Buckinghamshire, England, which was the home of William Penn's first wife. The borough was incorporated in 1901.

Geography[edit]

Chalfont is located at

   
       40.2884°N 
       75.2082°W

. According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 1.6 square miles, all of it land.

Demographics[edit]

As of the 2010 census, there were 4,009 people, 1,537 households, and 1,091 families residing in the borough. The population density was 2,505.6 people per square mile.