McClure Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Former Township in Pennsylvania, United States

40°28′34″N 80°01′55″W / 40.476°N 80.032°W / 40.476; -80.032CountryUnited StatesStatePennsylvaniaCountyAlleghenyEstablished8 January 1859Dissolved15 April 1873Named forJudge William B. McClureTime zoneUTC-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]

References

^ ^a ^b 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.
^ Map of Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania (Map). Philadelphia: Smith, Gallupp & Hewitt. 1862.

External links

1862 map of Allegheny County showing McClure Township

Municipalities and communities of Pittsburgh in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States

Sections and
neighborhoods

Downtown	Central Business District Chinatown (historic) Cultural District Strip District Uptown
North Side / North Hills	Allegheny Center Allegheny West Brighton Heights California-Kirkbride Central Northside Mexican War Streets Chateau East Allegheny Fineview Manchester Marshall-Shadeland Brunot Island North Shore Northview Heights Perry North Perry South Spring Garden Spring Hill–City View Summer Hill Troy Hill Washington's Landing
South Side / South Hills	Allentown Arlington Arlington Heights Beechview Beltzhoover Bon Air Brookline Carrick Hays Knoxville Lincoln Place Mount Oliver Mount Washington Chatham Village New Homestead Overbrook St. Clair Southshore South Side Flats South Side Slopes
West End	Banksville Chartiers Crafton Heights Duquesne Heights East Carnegie Elliott Esplen Fairywood Oakwood Ridgemont Sheraden Westwood Windgap
East End	Bedford Dwellings Bloomfield Central Lawrenceville Central Oakland Crawford-Roberts East Hills East Liberty Friendship Garfield Glen Hazel Greenfield Four Mile Run Hazelwood Highland Park Homewood North Homewood South Homewood West Larimer Lincoln–Lemington–Belmar Lower Lawrenceville Middle Hill Morningside North Oakland North Point Breeze Point Breeze Polish Hill Regent Square Shadyside South Oakland Panther Hollow Squirrel Hill North Squirrel Hill South Summerset at Frick Park Stanton Heights Swisshelm Park Terrace Village Upper Hill Upper Lawrenceville West Oakland

Former
municipalities

Cities	Allegheny City
Boroughs	Allentown Beechview Beltzhoover Birmingham Brushton Carrick Duquesne (1849–1868) East Birmingham Elliott Esplen Hays Knoxville Lawrenceville Manchester Monongahela Montooth Mount Washington Northern Liberties Ormsby Overbrook St. Clair (1870–1872) St. Clair (1906–1923) Sheraden South Pittsburgh Spring Garden Temperanceville Union Borough West Liberty West Pittsburgh Westwood
Townships	Chartiers Collins Liberty Lower St. Clair McClure Oakland Peebles Pitt St. Clair Sterrett Union Township