don ▁Pi ke , ▁in ▁a ▁house ▁now ▁owned ▁by ▁Hun ting don ▁Valley ▁Pres by ter ian ▁Church . ▁As ▁an ▁un in cor por ated ▁place , ▁it ▁is ▁served ▁by ▁the ▁Hun ting don ▁Valley ▁post ▁office ; ▁for ▁this ▁reason , ▁it ▁is ▁often ▁said ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁section ▁of ▁Hun ting don ▁Valley . ▁ ▁Beth ay res ▁has ▁a ▁station ▁on ▁the ▁SE P TA ▁West ▁Tr ent on ▁Regional ▁Rail ▁line , ▁providing ▁access ▁to ▁Philadelphia ▁and ▁New ▁Jersey . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁The ▁community ▁got ▁its ▁name ▁when ▁the ▁rail road ▁came ▁to ▁the ▁area ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 8 7 0 s . ▁Elizabeth ▁Ay res , ▁a ▁local ▁woman , ▁had ▁a ▁son ▁who ▁worked ▁for ▁Reading ▁Rail road . ▁He ▁named ▁the ▁station ▁after ▁his ▁mother , ▁and ▁the ▁community ▁around ▁the ▁station ▁and ▁around ▁the ▁intersection ▁of ▁Wel sh ▁R d ▁and ▁Hun ting don ▁Pi ke ▁became ▁known ▁as ▁Beth ay res . ▁Beth ay res ▁and ▁its ▁northern ▁neighbor , ▁Hun ting don ▁Valley ▁had ▁separate ▁post ▁offices ▁until ▁they ▁became ▁one ▁post ▁office . ▁Until ▁the ▁name ▁was ▁changed ▁to ▁sole ly ▁Hun ting don ▁Valley ▁Post ▁Office , ▁Hun ting don ▁Valley - B eth ay res ▁was ▁the ▁longest ▁postal ▁name ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁ ▁On ▁January ▁ 3 , ▁ 1 9 8 9 , ▁the ▁community ▁made ▁head lines ▁when ▁Buck s ▁County ▁resident ▁Glen ▁Al ton ▁Bar h ight ▁st ole