Editing Glen Osborne, Pennsylvania (section)

==History==
The area that now comprises the borough was first surveyed by Nathaniel Breading following the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]]. Early settlers of the area included Henry Pratt in 1786 and James Park in 1805. The area became known as "Glen Osborne", the [[glen]] referring to a Scottish term for a valley formed by a stream, and "Osborne" for local landowner Frank Osborne. By 1851, the [[Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad]] was built through what was then part of Pitt and [[Ohio Township, Pennsylvania|Ohio]] townships and a station opened in the community named "Osborne" to prevent confusion from a similarly named station. In 1883 following petitioning by local residents, the borough of '''Osborne''' was incorporated.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://old.post-gazette.com/downloads/profile-osborne.htm |title=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Osborne |website=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]] |access-date=October 25, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.glenosborneborough.org/about.html |title=About Glen Osborne |publisher=Glen Osborne Borough |access-date=October 25, 2015}}</ref>

In 2008, borough officials led by then-mayor William P. Boswell petitioned the state to allow the renaming of the borough to '''Glen Osborne''' to reflect the name residents have been using for over one hundred years.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/local/north/2008/03/27/Osborne-wants-older-name/stories/200803270344 |title=Osborne wants older name |author=Oster, Doug |newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |date=March 27, 2008 |access-date=October 25, 2015}}</ref> A judge granted the name change on May 21 of that year, leading to the immediate replacement of road signs and phasing out of the old name on stationery and welcome signs in the borough.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/local/neighborhoods/2008/07/03/Judge-approves-change-of-borough-name-to-Glen-Osborne/stories/200807030376 |title=Judge approves change of borough name to Glen Osborne |date=July 3, 2008 |author=Barcousky, Len |newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |access-date=October 25, 2015}}</ref>