McClure_Township,_Allegheny_County,_Pennsylvania

McClure Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

McClure Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Former Township in Pennsylvania, United States

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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  1. [1]
    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. [2]
    Map of Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania (Map). Philadelphia: Smith, Gallupp & Hewitt. 1862.


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