Explore Village Shires, Pennsylvania, with this interactive street and satellite map.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Village Shires, Pennsylvania. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Pennsylvania or beyond.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Village Shires.
Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
| City | Village Shires |
| State | Pennsylvania (PA) |
| County | Bucks County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 40.203164 |
| Longitude | -74.970446 |
| Population | 3,946 |
| Density | 1252.9 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 18966 |
| Area Code | 215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878 |
| County Seat | Doylestown |
| School District | Council Rock School District |
Village Shires emerges from the quiet intersection of suburban expansion and the enduring, level fields that characterize this portion of the Pennsylvania landscape. It lies 4.1 miles northeast of Upper Southampton, PA (from Upper Southampton, PA: bearing 53°T), and is situated 6.9 miles north of Bensalem. The terrain here avoids the dramatic upheaval of the Appalachian Mountains, which remain a distant, hazy indigo line far to the west, preferring instead a modest topography of gentle slopes and manicured green spaces. Within the immediate boundaries of Jordan Estates, the air carries a crisp, terrestrial stillness, untroubled by the salt-heavy winds of the coast, as the land settles into a rhythmic pattern of residential pockets and managed thickets. Pine Run traces a narrow, cooling path just a mile from the center, its modest flow providing a subtle, rhythmic accompaniment to the quietude of the afternoons.
Village Shires reflects a legacy of careful development, where the industrious spirit of the region’s past has transitioned into a steady, modern local economy grounded in service and professional life. The proximity to the Five Mile Woods Forest Preserve offers an accessible expanse of dense canopy and wildlife, providing a vital, verdant counterbalance to the structured order of local streets. Residents often look toward the horizon where the seasons shift the light across the open land, sometimes driving the nine miles to Van Sciver Lake when the summer heat lingers in the pavement. The character of the locality remains defined by this deliberate balance, a place where the pace of daily affairs is dictated by the quiet migration of the sun across the rooftops and the steady, unpretentious growth of the surrounding woods.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Village Shires, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.203164, -74.970446. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Village Shires includes the ZIP code (18966), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Bucks County (Doylestown), and school district assignment (Council Rock School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |