Allegheny County, PA

Headnote
ALLEGHANY COUNTY, in the southwestern part of Pennsylvania. Watered by Alleghany, Youghiogheny, Monongahela, and Ohio rivers. Length of this county, 32 miles; mean breadth, 18, with an area of 575 square miles. The face of the country is peculiarly diversified by depressed vales, lying within large swelling hills, which are productive to their summits. In the bosom of these hills there exist inexhaustible beds of fine bituminous coal. Excellent lime and building stone also abounds. Courts are held at Pittsburgh. Pop. in 1820,34,921; in 1830, 50,552; in 1840, 81,235; in 1850, 138,300. (Fanning's, 1853)
Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Pennsylvania

Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
ALLEGHANY COUNTY, in the southwestern part of Pennsylvania. Watered by Alleghany, Youghiogheny, Monongahela, and Ohio rivers. Length of this county, 32 miles; mean breadth, 18, with an area of 575 square miles. The face of the country is peculiarly diversified by depressed vales, lying within large swelling hills, which are productive to their summits. In the bosom of these hills there exist inexhaustible beds of fine bituminous coal. Excellent lime and building stone also abounds. Courts are held at Pittsburgh. Pop. in 1820,34,921; in 1830, 50,552; in 1840, 81,235; in 1850, 138,300.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 22.
Date Type
Night train from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh derails, injuring five passengers and damaging the mail car Crime/Disasters
Birthplace of
Name Type
Carnegie, PA City or Town
Carrick, PA City or Town
Elizabeth, PA City or Town
Greentree, PA City or Town
Pittsburgh, PA City or Town
Sewickley, PA City or Town
Wilkinsburg, PA City or Town
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