Editing Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (section)

===Former places===
Many political subdivisions of Allegheny County have come and gone through subdivision or annexation through the years. These include:
* [[Allegheny, Pennsylvania|'''Allegheny City''']] – the area that is now the North Shore (or North Side) of the City of Pittsburgh, north of the Allegheny River.
* '''Allentown Borough''' – now the neighborhood of Allentown in Pittsburgh.
* [[Birmingham, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania|'''Birmingham Borough''']] – what is now Pittsburgh's South Side.
* '''Brushton Borough'''
* '''Carrick Borough''' – now the neighborhood of Carrick. Formed out of Baldwin Township in 1904, this borough existed until it was annexed by Pittsburgh in 1927. It was named for Carrick-on-Suir, Ireland. Some of the area's [[manhole cover]]s still bear the Carrick Borough name.
* Chartier Township – existed at the time of the 1860 U.S. Federal Census.<ref>[https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/7667/4282818_00072?pid=3065602 1860 United States Federal Census - Chartier Township], accessed April 2018 via ancestry.com paid subscription site.</ref>
* [[Collins Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania|'''Collins Township''']] – in what is now the northeast part of the City of Pittsburgh, east of Lawrenceville and north of [[Penn Avenue]].
* '''Knoxville Borough'''
* '''Lawrenceville Borough'''
* [[McClure Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania|'''McClure Township''']] – McClure was formed in 1858 from the section of Ross Township adjacent to Allegheny City. In 1867 McClure, along with sections of Reserve Township, was incorporated into Allegheny City. The McClure section of this annexation became Wards 9 (Woods Run Area) and 11 (present-day Brighton Heights) in the City of Pittsburgh.
* '''Mifflin Township'''- comprised the modern day communities of Whitaker, West Mifflin, West Homestead, West Elizabeth, Pleasant Hills, Munhall, Lincoln Place, Jefferson Hills, Homestead, Hays, Duquesne, Dravosburg, Clairton and part of Baldwin.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://explorepahistory.com/attraction.php?id=1-B-307D|title=Mifflin Township Historical Society Attraction Details|publisher=ExplorePAhistory.com}}</ref>
* '''Patton Township''' – was in the east-central part of the county, north of North Versailles Township, east of Wilkins and Penn Townships, and south of Plum Township. In the U.S. census for 1860–1880. In 1951 it became incorporated as the borough of [[Monroeville, Pennsylvania|Monroeville]].
* '''Northern Liberties Borough''' – in what is now the [[Strip District, Pittsburgh|Strip District]] of Pittsburgh. The borough was annexed to Pittsburgh in 1837 as the first addition to the city's original territory.
* [[Peebles Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania|'''Peebles Township''']] – included most of what is now the eastern part of the city of Pittsburgh from the Monongahela River in the south (today's [[Hazelwood (Pittsburgh)|Hazelwood]]) to the Allegheny River in the north. It was subdivided into Collins and [[Liberty Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania|Liberty]] townships, all of which were incorporated into Pittsburgh in 1868.
* [[Pitt Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania|'''Pitt Township''']]
* [[St. Clair Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania|'''St. Clair Township''']] – stretched from the Monongahela River south to the Washington County line. It divided into [[Lower St. Clair Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania|Lower St. Clair]], which eventually became part of the City of Pittsburgh, Dormont, Mount Lebanon, and Upper St. Clair.
* '''Snowden''' – now known as South Park Township.
* '''Sterrett Township'''
* '''Temperanceville''' – what is now Pittsburgh's West End.
* '''Union Borough''' – the area surrounding Temperanceville.
* [[West Liberty, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania|'''West Liberty Borough''']] – now the neighborhoods of Brookline and Beechview in Pittsburgh.