Liberty Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Liberty Township was a short-lived township of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, in the east of what is now Pittsburgh. It was formed on December 3, 1864 from a portion of Peebles Township. Its territory lay south of Penn Avenue and included the present-day neighborhoods of Shadyside, Point Breeze and Friendship, and parts of East Liberty, Squirrel Hill, Bloomfield, and Regent Square. On June 30, 1868, Liberty Township and the surrounding municipalities of Peebles, Collins, Pitt, Oakland and Lawrenceville were annexed to Pittsburgh.[1]

Liberty Township
Former township
Liberty Township Location within the state of Pennsylvania
Coordinates: 40.446°N 79.924°W / 40.446; -79.924
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Allegheny
Established	December 3, 1864
Dissolved	June 30, 1868

Residents of Liberty included steel magnate Andrew Carnegie, general James S. Negley, railroad executive Robert Pitcairn, congressman Thomas M. Howe, and politician and judge William Wilkins.[1]

References

Powers, Tom; Wudarczyk, Jim (December 2018). "Liberty, the Mysterious Township". Lawrenceville Historical Society. Retrieved 16 October 2019.

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 Whitehall
West End	Banksville Chartiers Crafton Heights Duquesne Heights East Carnegie Elliott Esplen Fairywood Oakwood Ridgemont Sheraden Westwood Windgap
East End	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 Bedford Dwellings 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 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

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