McClure Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

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McClure Township
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McClure Township
Location within the state of Pennsylvania
Coordinates: 40°28′34″N80°01′55″W / 40.476°N 80.032°W / 40.476; -80.032
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
County Allegheny
Established8 January 1859
Dissolved15 April 1873
Named for Judge William B. McClure
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)

McClure Township was a township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania within what is now the North Side of Pittsburgh. It was formed in 1859 from parts of Ross, Reserve, and Robinson townships. [1] Its original territory, bordering Allegheny City and Manchester Borough on the south and the Ohio River on the west, included the Woods Run area and present-day Brighton Heights. [2] Allegheny annexed portions of McClure in 1867 and 1870, and the remainder in 1873. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Negley, W. B. (1876). "Allegheny County; its Formation, its Cities, Wards, Boroughs and Townships". Atlas of the County of Allegheny, Penna. Philadelphia: G.M. Hopkins & Co. p. 4.
  2. Map of Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania (Map). Philadelphia: Smith, Gallupp & Hewitt. 1862.