Arlington Heights (Pittsburgh)

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Arlington Heights
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Coordinates: 40°24′54″N79°58′12″W / 40.415°N 79.970°W / 40.415; -79.970
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
County Allegheny County
City Pittsburgh
Area
[1]
  Total0.132 sq mi (0.34 km2)
Population
 (2010) [2]
  Total244
  Density1,800/sq mi (710/km2)
ZIP Code
15210

Arlington Heights is a neighborhood in the southern portion of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The zip code used by residents is 15210, and this neighborhood is represented on the Pittsburgh City Council by the council member for District 3 (Central South Neighborhoods). This neighborhood is home to five government housing projects.

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Historical population
YearPop.±%
1940 2,413    
1950 2,860+18.5%
1960 2,272−20.6%
1970 2,037−10.3%
1980 1,466−28.0%
1990 1,497+2.1%
2000 238−84.1%
2010 244+2.5%
[3] [4]
Source: University of Pittsburgh [5]

Twenty Second Street Incline

Arlington Heights was once connected to the mills along the Monongahela River by the Twenty Second Street Incline, which ran from Josephine Street to Salisbury Street, near the location of Fort McKinley. [6] [7] [8]

Surrounding Pittsburgh neighborhoods

Arlington Heights has only two borders with the Pittsburgh neighborhoods of the South Side Slopes to the northwest and Arlington to the northeast, south and southwest.

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References

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  6. Fleming, George T (1922). History of Pittsburgh and environs, from prehistoric days to the beginning of the American Revolution ... New York, Chicago: American Historical Society. pp. 169, 219.
  7. Boehmig, Stuart P (2006-04-19). Pittsburgh's South Side. Arcadia. p. 115. ISBN   978-0-7385-3939-3 . Retrieved 2009-05-12.
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