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- Elizabethtown borough, Pennsylvania; Pittsburgh city, Pennsylvania
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Pittsburgh ( / ˈpɪtsbɜːrɡ / PITS-burg) is a city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. It is the second-most populous city in Pennsylvania after Philadelphia and the 68th-most populous city in the U.S., with a population of 302,971 as of the 2020 census. The city anchors the Pittsburgh metropolitan ...
Allegheny County ( / ˌælɪˈɡeɪni / AL-ig-AY-nee) is a county in Pennsylvania, United States. It is located in Southwestern Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,250,578, making it the state's second-most populous county, after Philadelphia County.
- September 24, 1788
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28 Borough of Dormont; 29 Borough of Dravosburg; 30 City of Duquesne; 31 East Deer Township; 32 Borough of East McKeesport; 33 Borough of East Pittsburgh; 34 Borough of Edgewood; 35 Borough of Edgeworth; 36 Borough of Elizabeth; 37 Elizabeth Township; 38 Borough of Emsworth; 39 Borough of Etna; 40 Fawn Township
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- What Is A County?
- What Is A City?
- What Is A Borough?
- What Is A Township?
- What Is A Town?
Municipality is the catchall phrase for any county, city, borough, incorporated town or township. Basically, it’s a defined political subdivision unit in Pennsylvania, though it doesn’t include yet other units like school districts or authorities. Municipalities other than counties can also be called municipal corporations, and these are generally ...
A county is one kind of municipality. There are 67 counties in Pennsylvania, broken into nine classes depending on their population. According to the County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania, counties are required to provide certain services to their residents, including: judicial administration, corrections and justice-related activities, ...
Many of the cities in Pennsylvania were boroughs that sought recognition as cities as they grew bigger. Today, a borough with at least 10,000 people can ask to become a city by putting the question to its voters. (There’s little motivation for a borough to do that; laws that once made it easier for cities to drive redevelopment, for example, have s...
Boroughs are defined, incorporated political subdivisions, but they tend to be smaller than cities. Most of the 959 boroughs in Pennsylvania, for example, have populations under 5,000, though there are exceptions. Boroughs follow a Borough Code; they tend to have a weak mayor system, where the elected council holds the majority of the power. The ma...
Townships are, generally, even smaller than boroughs, though there’s a lot of variation with that, as well. Pennsylvania’s 1,546 townships are separated into two classifications; by default a township is a second class township, but if it has at least 300 people per square mile it can offer residents the chance to vote the township into first class...
There is just one incorporated town in Pennsylvania, Bloomsburg. It has six council members elected at large. The mayor is a voting member of council. In that way the mayor has more power than a borough mayor, but the at large election of council members is similar to townships. For many Pennsylvanians, the distinctions in management and governance...
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List of Pittsburgh neighborhoods. This is a list of 90 neighborhoods in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Generally neighborhood development followed ward boundaries, although the City Planning Commission has defined some neighborhood areas. [1]
Pittsburgh is full of 90 vibrant neighborhoods that define the city. From trendy to secluded, each neighborhood offers something unique. View Pittsburgh Neighborhoods Map
Pittsburgh is a small city geographically, with a larger metro area. The North Boroughs is comprised of the four municipalities along the Ohio River bordering the city: Bellevue, Avalon, Ben Avon and Emsworth.