Allegheny County PA Archives- Municipalities in Allegheny County
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Allegheny County Municipalities,
Compiled by Nancy Long 2009
this page was last updated:
30 Jan 2010
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page that was originally posted on his Allegheny River
Archives Page at:
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(Please Note: * - boro or township no longer exists)
NAME TYPE FORMED FROM
Adams* Twp 1850 Part of Wilkins Twp.
Aleppo Twp 1876 Kilbuck Twp.
Allentown* Boro 1870 Lower St. Clair (to Pgh 1907)
Aspinwall Boro 1892 O’Hara Twp.
Avalon Boro 1874 Kilbuck Twp.
Baldwin Twp 1844 Upper & Lower St. Clair, Jefferson & Mifflin Twps
Baldwin Boro 1850 Baldwin Twp.
Beechview* Boro 1905 Union Twp. (to Pgh. 1908)
Bell Acres Boro 1960 Sewickley Twp.
Bellevue Boro 1867 Ross Twp.
Beltzhoover* Boro 1875 Lower St. Clair (to Pgh. 1898)
Ben Avon (orig. McNtone) Boro 1892 Kilbuck Twp.
Ben Avon Heights Boro 1913 Kilbuck Twp.
Bethel* Twp. 1886 Snowden Twp.
Bethel Park Boro 1949 Bethel Twp.
Birmingham* Boro 1826 St. Clair (to Pgh. 1872)
Blawnox Boro 1925 O'Hara Township (previously known as Hoboken Boro)
Brackenridge (orig.Avenue) Boro 1901 Harrison Twp.
Braddock* Twp 1885 Wilkins Twp.
Braddock Boro 1867 Wilkins Twp.
Braddock Hills Boro 1946 Braddock Twp.
Bradford Woods Boro 1915 Marshall Twp.
Brentwood Boro 1915 Villages of Brentwood, Point View & Whitehall
Bridgeville Boro 1901 Upper St. Clair
Brown* Twp 1846 Fayette Twp
Carnegie Boro 1894 Boros of Mansfield, Chartiers & part of Scott Twp.
Carrick* Boro 1908 Baldwin Twp.(to Pgh. 1925)
Castle Shannon Boro 1919 Baldwin, Bethel & Mt. Lebanon Boros
Chalfant Boro 1914 Wilkins Twp.
Chartiers* Twp 1851 Lower St. Clair Twp.(to Pgh. 1921)
Cheswick Boro 1901 Springdale Twp.
Churchill Boro 1934 Wilkins Twp.
Clairton* Boro 1903 Jefferson Twp.
Clairton City 1922 Clairton Boro.
Collier Twp 1875 Robinson, N. & S. Fayette & part of Scott Twp. in 1880
Coraopolis Boro 1886 Moon Twp.
Crafton (orig.Broadhead) Boro 1892 Chartiers Twp.
Crescent Twp 1855 Moon Twp.
Deer* Twp 1795
Dormont Boro 1909 Scott Twp.
Dravosburg Boro 1903 Mifflin Twp.
Duquesne* Boro 1891 Mifflin
Duquesne City 1918 Duquesne Boro
East Deer Twp 1836 Deer & Indiana Twps.
East Birmingham Boro 1849 Lower St. Clair (to Pgh. 1877)
East McKeesport Boro 1893 North Versailles Twp.
East Pittsburgh Boro 1894 Wilkins Twp.
Edgewood Boro 1888 Braddock Twp.
Edgeworth Boro 1903 Leet Twp.
Elizabeth Twp 1788 Original Twp.
Elizabeth (orig. New Store) Boro 1834 Elizabeth Twp.
Elliott* Boro 1892 Chartiers (to Pgh. 1904)
Emsworth Boro 1891 Kilbuck Twp.
Esplen* Boro 1891 Chartiers (to Pgh. 1905)
Etna (orig. Stewartstown) Boro 1868 Shaler Twp.
Fawn Twp 1858 East Deer Twp.
Fayette* Twp 1790 Moon Twp.
Findlay Twp 1820 Moon Twp.
Forest Hills Boro 1920 Wilkins & Braddock Twps.
Forward Twp 1869 Elizabeth Twp.
Fox Chapel Boro 1935 O’Hara & Indiana Twps.
Franklin* Twp 1823 Ohio Twp., part to Sewickley Twp. in 1906
Franklin Park Boro 1961 Franklin Twp.
Frazer Twp 1914 East Deer Twp.
Glassport Boro 1902 Port Vue Boro
Glenfield Boro 1876 Kilbuck Twp.
Greentree Boro 1885 Union Twp.
Hampton Twp 1861 McCandless, West Deer & Indiana Twps.
Harmar Twp 1875 Indiana Twp.
Harrison Twp 1863 Fawn Twp.
Hays* Boro 1901 Baldwin & Mifflin Twps. (to Pgh. 1928)
Haysville Boro 1902 Aleppo Twp.
Heidelberg Boro 1903 Collier Twp.
Homestead Boro 1880 Mifflin Twp.
Indiana Twp 1805 Deer Twp.
Ingram Boro 1902 Chartiers Twp.
Jefferson* Twp. 1828 Mifflin Twp.
Jefferson Boro 1950 Jefferson Twp.
Kennedy Twp 1902 Stowe Twp.
Kilbuck Twp 1869 Ohio Twp.
Knoxville* Boro 1877 Lower St. Clair Twp. (to Pgh. 1927)
Leet Twp 1869 Sewickley Twp.
Leetsdale Boro 1903 Leet Twp.
Liberty Boro 1912 Port Vue Boro
Liberty* Twp 1864 Peebles Twp.
Lincoln Boro 1958 Lincoln Twp.
Lincoln* Twp 1864 Elizabeth Twp.
Lower St. Clair* Twp 1839 St. Clair Twp. (to Pgh. 1924)
Marshall Twp 1863 Franklin Twp.
McNair* Twp 1850 Adams Twp.
Marion* Twp 1847 Ross, Indiana Twps.
Mellon* Twp 1860 Moon Twp. (never created)
Mifflin* Twp 1788 Original Township
Millvale Boro 1868 Shaler Twp.
Monongahela* Boro 1858 So. Pgh. (to Pgh. 1872)
Monroeville Munincipality 1951 Patton Twp.
Montooth* Boro 1897 W. Liberty (to Pgh. 1901)
Moon Twp. 1788 Original Township
Mt. Lebanon Twp 1912 Baldwin & Scott Twps.
Mt. Lebanon* Boro 1897 Name changed to Dormont in 1909
Mt. Oliver Boro 1892 Lower St. Clair Twp.
Mt. Washington* Boro 1866 Lower St. Clair & Union Twps. (to Pgh. 1872)
Munhall Boro 1901 Mifflin Twp.
McCandless (orig. Taylor) Twp 1851 Pine Twp.
McClure* Twp 1859 Ross, Reserve Twps.
McDonald Boro 1921 Washington County
McKees Rocks Boro 1892 Stowe Twp.
McKeesport City 1842 Versailles Twp.
Neville (Montour’s Island) Twp 1865 Ohio Twp.
North Braddock Boro 1896 Braddock & Wilkins Twps.
North Clairton* Boro 1915 Jefferson Twp. (to Clairton 1920)
North Fayette (Orig.Brown) Twp 1846 Fayette Twp.
North Versailles Twp 1869 Versailles Twp.
O’Hara Twp. 1875 Indiana Twp.
Oakdale Boro 1892 N. & S. Fayette Twps.
Oakmont Boro 1889 Verona Boro & Plum Twp.
Ohio Twp 1803 Pitt Twp.
Ormsby* Boro 1868 Lower St. Clair Twp. (to Pgh. 1872)
Osborne Boro 1881 Aleppo Twp.
Overbrook* Boro 1919 Baldwin Twp. (to Pgh. 1929)
Patton* Twp 1849 Plum Twp.
Penn Hills (orig. Penn) Munincipality 1851 Wilkins Twp. (Adams Twp.)
Pennsbury Village Boro 1978 Robinson Twp.
Peebles Twp 1833 Pitt Twp.
Pine Twp 1796 Pitt Twp.
Pitcairn Boro 1894 Patton Twp.
Pitt* Twp. 1788 Pitt Twp.,Westmoreland Co.
Pittsburgh City 1816 (Inc.)
Pleasant Hills Boro 1949 Jefferson & Baldwin
Plum Boro 1956 Penn Twp.
Plum* Twp 1788 Original Township
Port Vue Boro 1892 Lincoln Twp.
Rankin Boro 1891 Braddock Twp.
Reserve Twp 1835 Ross Twp.
Richland Twp 1860 West Deer & Pine Twps.
Ringold* Twp 1866 Fayette
Robinson Twp 1801 Fayette Twp.
Ross Twp 1809 Pine Twp.
Rosslyn Farms Boro 1913 Robinson Twp.
St. Clair* Twp 1788 Original Township
St. Clair* Boro 1870 Lower St. Clair (to Pgh. 1872)
St. Clair* Boro 1906 Lower St. Clair Twp. (to Pgh. 1923)
Scott Twp 1861 Upper St. Clair Twp.
Sewickley* Twp 1854 Ohio Twp.
Sewickley Boro 1853 Leet Twp.
Sewickley Heights Boro 1905 Sewickley, Ohio, Aleppo & Leet
Sewickley Hills Boro 1960
Shaler (former Marion Twp) Twp 1847 Ross & Indiana Twps.
Sharpsburg Boro 1841 Indiana Twp.
Sheraden* Boro 1894 Chartiers Twp. (to Pgh. 1907)
Snowden* Twp 1845 Upper St. Clair & Jefferson Twps.
South Fayette (Ringold) Twp 1846 Fayette Twp.
South Park Twp 1966 Snowden Twp.
South Pittsburgh* Boro 1848 Lower St. Clair Twp. (to Pgh. 1872)
South Versailles Twp 1869 Versailles Twp.
Springdale Twp 1875 East Deer Twp.
Springdale Boro 1906 Springdale Twp.
Spring Garden* Boro 1882 Reserve Twp. (to Pgh)
Sterrett* Twp 1877 Wilkins Twp.
Stowe Twp 1869 Robinson Twp.
Swissvale Boro 1896 Braddock Twp.
Tarentum Boro 1842 East Deer Twp.
Temperanceville* Boro 1859 Chartiers (to Pgh. 1872)
Thornburg Boro 1909 Robinson Twp.
Trafford Boro 1904
Turtle Creek Boro 1891 Patton & Wilkins Twps.
Union (orig.Kirkpatrick Twp) Twp 1860 Chartiers Twp. (to Pgh. 1928)
Union Boro 1869 Union Twp. (to Pgh. 1872)
Upper St. Clair Twp 1839 St. Clair Twp.
Verona Boro 1871 Penn & Plum Twps.
Versailles Twp 1788
Versailles (current twp.) Twp 1875 South Versailles Twp.
Wall Boro 1903 North Versailles Twp.
West Deer Twp 1836 Deer Twp.
West Elizabeth Boro 1848 Jefferson Twp.
West Homestead Boro 1900 Mifflin Twp.
West Mifflin Boro 1942 Mifflin Twp.
West View Boro 1905 Ross Twp.
Westwood* Boro 1912 Greentree Boro (to Pgh. 1926)
Whitaker Boro 1904 Mifflin Twp.
White Oak Boro 1948 Versailles Twp.
Whitehall Boro 1947 Baldwin & Bethel
Wilkins Twp 1821 Pitt Twp
Wilkinsburg (orig. McNairville & Ripeysville) Boro 1887 Braddock, Sterrett & Wilkins Twps.
Wilmerding Boro 1889 N. Versailles & Patton Twps.
Wilson* Boro 1909 Jefferson Twp. (to Pgh. 1920)