North Hills (Pennsylvania)
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The North Hills is a term generally used to collectively describe the northern suburbs of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
. The independent suburban municipalities that are always included in the North Hills are Ross Township
, Borough of West View
, Shaler Township
, West Deer Township
, Frazer Township
, East Deer Township
, Fawn Township
, Harrison Township
, Brackenridge
, Franklin Park
, Marshall Township
, Bradford Woods, McCandless Township
, Hampton Township
, Pine Township
, Tarentum
, Richland Township
, Borough of Fox Chapel
, Indiana Township
, O'Hara Township
, Bellevue
, Avalon
, Springdale Township
, Borough of Springdale
, Harmar Township
, Reserve Township
, Millvale
, Etna
, Sharpsburg
, Aspinwall
, Blawnox
, Verona
, Oakmont
, Cheswick
, Ohio Township
, Kilbuck Township
, Emsworth
, Ben Avon, and Ben Avon Heights
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...
. The independent suburban municipalities that are always included in the North Hills are Ross Township
Ross Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Ross Township is a township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 31,105 at the 2010 census. In September 2007, Ross Township adopted the Strong Mayor/Weak Council form of government allowed by Pennsylvania statutes for townships of its class.The township is part of...
, Borough of West View
West View, Pennsylvania
West View is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, just north of downtown Pittsburgh. The population was 6,771 at the 2010 census.-Geography and climate:West View is located at ....
, Shaler Township
Shaler Township, Pennsylvania
Shaler Township is a township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA. It primarily consists of the community of Glenshaw. The population was 28,757 at the 2010 census.-History:...
, West Deer Township
West Deer Township, Pennsylvania
West Deer Township is a township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The population was 11,771 at the 2010 census.-History:...
, Frazer Township
Frazer Township, Pennsylvania
Frazer Township is a township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,157 at the 2010 census. The Pittsburgh Mills shopping mall complex is located in the township.-Geography:...
, East Deer Township
East Deer Township, Pennsylvania
East Deer Township is a township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,500 at the 2010 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and , or 11.83%, is water.-Demographics:As of the census of...
, Fawn Township
Fawn Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Fawn Township is a township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,376 at the 2010 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , all of it land.-Streams:...
, Harrison Township
Harrison Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Harrison Township is a township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 10,461 at the 2010 census. Pennsylvania Route 28 passes through Harrison Township connecting Kittanning to the northeast and Pittsburgh to the southwest. Allegheny Technologies has extensive steel...
, Brackenridge
Brackenridge, Pennsylvania
Brackenridge is a borough in Allegheny County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, along the Allegheny River. It is part of the Pittsburgh Metro Area.The town is named for Henry Marie Brackenridge. The borough once had glass factories...
, Franklin Park
Franklin Park, Pennsylvania
Franklin Park is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 13,470 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Franklin Park is located at ....
, Marshall Township
Marshall Township, Pennsylvania
Marshall Township is a township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 6,915 at the 2010 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 15.6 square miles , all of it land...
, Bradford Woods, McCandless Township
McCandless, Pennsylvania
McCandless is a municipality in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 28,457 at the 2010 census. It was originally incorporated as a township; however, on January 1, 1975, McCandless Township adopted a new charter designating it a Home Rule Charter Municipality with the...
, Hampton Township
Hampton Township, Pennsylvania
Hampton Township is a township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 18,363 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Hampton Township is located at ....
, Pine Township
Pine Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Pine Township is a township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 11,497 at the 2010 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which 0.06% is water.-Demographics:...
, Tarentum
Tarentum, Pennsylvania
Tarentum is a borough in Allegheny County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It is northeast of Downtown Pittsburgh, along the Allegheny River. Tarentum was an industrial center where plate glass and bottles were manufactured; bricks, lumber, steel and iron novelties, steel billets and sheets,...
, Richland Township
Richland Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Richland Township is a township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 11,100 at the 2010 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 14.6 square miles , all of it land.-Demographics:As of the census of 2000,...
, Borough of Fox Chapel
Fox Chapel, Pennsylvania
Fox Chapel is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA, and is a suburb of Pittsburgh located northeast of downtown.The population was 5,388 as of the 2010 census.-History:...
, Indiana Township
Indiana Township, Pennsylvania
Indiana Township is a township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The population was 7,253 at the 2010 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , all of it land.-Demographics:...
, O'Hara Township
O'Hara Township, Pennsylvania
The Township of O'Hara is a Home Rule Municipality in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania in the United States six miles northeast of Downtown Pittsburgh. The community was long organized as a township, and retains "Township" in its official name, but adopted a home rule charter in 1973 and is no...
, Bellevue
Bellevue, Pennsylvania
Bellevue is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, along the Ohio River, adjoining Pittsburgh. The population was 8,370 at the 2010 census. The borough was incorporated in 1867. It is located in the Northgate School District...
, Avalon
Avalon, Pennsylvania
Avalon is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, along the Ohio River, downstream from Pittsburgh. It is a largely residential borough with a few small stores...
, Springdale Township
Springdale Township, Pennsylvania
Springdale Township is a township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,636 at the 2010 census.-Geography:...
, Borough of Springdale
Springdale, Pennsylvania
Springdale is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, northeast of Pittsburgh along the Allegheny River. The population was 3,405 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Springdale is located at ....
, Harmar Township
Harmar Township, Pennsylvania
Harmar Township is a township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,921 at the 2010 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and , or 7.45%, is water.-Streams:Harmar Township is entirely in...
, Reserve Township
Reserve Township, Pennsylvania
Reserve Township is a township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,333 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Reserve Township is located at ....
, Millvale
Millvale, Pennsylvania
Millvale is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, along the Allegheny River, opposite Pittsburgh. In the past, it had iron manufactures, saw works, stone works, lumber mills, breweries, etc. In 1900, the number of people residing here totaled 6,736; in 1910, 7,861; and in 1940, 7,811...
, Etna
Etna, Pennsylvania
Etna is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, on the Allegheny River, opposite Pittsburgh. It flourished in the past when it was the site of rolling mills, furnaces, steel mills, galvanized-pipe works, and other manufacturers. In 1900, 5,384 people lived in Etna. In 1910, 5,830 lived there,...
, Sharpsburg
Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania
Sharpsburg is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, northeast of Pittsburgh, along the Allegheny River. In the past, it had a rolling mill, foundries, machine shops, and manufacturers of varnish, brick, glass, lumber products, wire, hair, felt, and lubricating oil. In 1900, 6,842 people...
, Aspinwall
Aspinwall, Pennsylvania
Aspinwall is a borough on the Allegheny River in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, and is part of the Pittsburgh Metro Area. It is essentially a residential place. In 1900, 1,231 people resided in Aspinwall, and that number rose to 2,592 in 1910, and 3,170 by 1920...
, Blawnox
Blawnox, Pennsylvania
Blawnox is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,432 at the 2010 census.-Name:The name, Blawnox, is derived from the Blaw-Knox Company, which had a manufacturing plant there providing much of the town's employment...
, Verona
Verona, Pennsylvania
Verona is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is northeast of downtown Pittsburgh, along the left bank of the Allegheny River. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 2,474.-Industry:...
, Oakmont
Oakmont, Pennsylvania
Oakmont is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA. It is a Pittsburgh suburb and part of the Pittsburgh Metro Area. The population was 6,303 at the 2010 census....
, Cheswick
Cheswick, Pennsylvania
Cheswick is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,746 at the 2010 census.-History:Cheswick, named for a town in England, is a small town of about . The history of the lands of Cheswick seems to have belonged to the Keen family at least in part, for Archie...
, Ohio Township
Ohio Township, Pennsylvania
Ohio Township is a township of the Second Class in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,757 at the 2010 census. It is located northwest of Pittsburgh. There is no central business district, but there are a few small shops in the Mt. Nebo area. A new shopping center...
, Kilbuck Township
Kilbuck Township, Pennsylvania
Kilbuck Township is a township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 697 at the 2010 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and , or 1.55%, is water....
, Emsworth
Emsworth, Pennsylvania
Emsworth is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, along the Ohio River. The population was 2,449 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Emsworth is located at ....
, Ben Avon, and Ben Avon Heights
Ben Avon Heights, Pennsylvania
Ben Avon Heights is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, located on a hill above the Ohio River, from the city of Pittsburgh...
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School Districts
- North Allegheny School DistrictNorth Allegheny School DistrictNorth Allegheny School DistrictDistrict typePublicReligious affiliationNoneLocationNorth of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USAEnrollment 2010-2011Approx. 7844 studentsProjected Enrollment 2019-2020Approx...
- Serving the townships of Marshall and McCandless. Also serves Franklin Park and Bradford Woods.
- Pine-Richland School DistrictPine-Richland School DistrictThe Pine-Richland School District is a public school district serving the northern Pittsburgh suburbs of Allegheny County. The district features three lower level elementary schools for grades K-3 , Eden Hall Upper Elementary School for grades 4-6, Pine-Richland Middle School for grades 7-8, and...
- Serving the townships of Pine and Richland.
- Deer Lakes School DistrictDeer Lakes School DistrictThe Deer Lakes School District is a small, suburban, K-12 public school district near Pittsburgh which covers East Deer, Frazer, and West Deer townships in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Deer Lakes School District encompasses approximately 41 square miles. According to 2000 federal census data,...
- Serving the townships of West Deer, Frazer, and East Deer.
- Highlands School DistrictHighlands School District (Pennsylvania)The Highlands School District is a small, suburban public school district covering Tarentum and Brackenridge boroughs, as well as Fawn and Harrison townships in Allegheny County, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Highlands School District encompasses approximately 22 square miles. According to...
- Serving the townships of Fawn and Harrison. Also serves Tarentum and Brackenridge.
- Hampton Township School District
- Serving the township of Hampton.
- Fox Chapel Area School DistrictFox Chapel Area School DistrictFox Chapel Area School District is a public school district located in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. It serves the boroughs of Aspinwall, Blawnox, Fox Chapel, and Sharpsburg, along with Indiana and O'Hara Townships. It is located approximately 12 miles from downtown Pittsburgh. The district has...
- Serving the townships of Indiana and O'Hara. Also serves Fox Chapel, Blawnox, Aspinwall, and Sharpsburg.
- Allegheny Valley School DistrictAllegheny Valley School DistrictThe Allegheny Valley School District is a small, public school district located in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. It covers Cheswick and Springdale boroughs and Harmar and Springdale townships in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania...
- Serving the townships of Harmar and Springdale. Also serves the borough of Springdale and Cheswick.
- Avonworth School DistrictAvonworth School DistrictThe Avonworth School District is a small, public school district located in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. The district serves the Boroughs of Ben Avon, Ben Avon Heights and Emsworth and Kilbuck Township and Ohio Township. In 2009, the district residents'...
- Serving the townships of Kilbuck and Ohio. Also serves Ben Avon, Ben Avon Heights, and Emsworth.
- North Hills School DistrictNorth Hills School DistrictThe North Hills School District, located in Northern Allegheny County, is a suburb of the city of Pittsburgh. The district comprises Ross Township and West View Borough ~ a area with a population of nearly 40,000....
- Serving the township of Ross. Also serves West View.
- Shaler Area School DistrictShaler Area School DistrictDistrict typePublicDistrict GoalTo provide a dynamic learning environment to the communities of Etna, Millvale, Reserve and Shaler.Religious affiliationNoneLocationNorth of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USAEnrollment 2006-2007Approx...
- Serving the townships of Shaler and Reserve. Also serves Millvale and Etna.
- Riverview School DistrictRiverview School District (Pennsylvania)The Riverview School District is a small, suburban public school district serving the Pittsburgh suburbs or Oakmont, Pennsylvania and Verona, Pennsylvania. Riverview School District encompasses approximately 2 square miles. According to 2000 federal census data, it serves a resident population of...
- Serving the areas of Oakmont and Verona.
- Northgate School DistrictNorthgate School DistrictNorthgate School District is diminutive, suburban, public school district located in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. It serves the communities Bellevue and Avalon, Pennsylvania. Northgate School District encompasses approximately 1 square mile. According to 2000 federal census data, it serves a...
- Serving the areas of Bellevue and Avalon.