Souderton is a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The population was 6,618 at the 2010 census.Souderton hosts the end of the annual Bucks County Classic, a professional bicycle race.HistoryThe town was originally named Welshtown, because it was settled by the Welsh. Souderton is prefigured in a map of 1847 as Souder's Lumberyard, and the new name was certainly in place by the railroad era in the second half of the 19th century.The Souderton Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.GeographySouderton is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 1.1 square miles, of which, 1.1 square miles of it is land and none of the area is covered with water. The terrain is mildly rolling hills, with some steeper hills in the downtown area, and flat terrain throughout.Politics and governmentSouderton has a city manager form of government with a mayor and a nine-member borough council. Souderton's current borough councilors are: Richard L. Godshall Ward 1 215-723-8449 PA Ned D. Leight Ward 1 215-723-8531 PA Tracy Burke Ward 2 215-622-6879 PA Richard Halbom Ward 2 215-828-3506 PA Daniel W. Houser Ward 2 215-723-2394 PA Dan Yocum Ward 1 267-421-3154 PA Brian K. Goshow Ward 3- President 215-721-0251 PA D. Jeffrey Gross Ward 3-Vice President 215-723-2426 PA Kevin Souder Ward 3 215-721-9435 PA
