Collins Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Former Township in Pennsylvania, United States

40°28′N 79°55′W / 40.47°N 79.92°W / 40.47; -79.92CountryUnited StatesStatePennsylvaniaCountyAlleghenyEstablished1850Dissolved30 June 1868Named forThomas CollinsTime zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)

Collins Township was a township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, in the northeast part of what is now Pittsburgh. It included most of the present city east of Lawrenceville, north of Penn Avenue, and south of the Allegheny River.^[1] It was formed in 1850 from a northern portion of Peebles Township and was named for Thomas Collins, a prominent lawyer.^[2]^[3] On 30 June 1868, Collins Township along with the borough of Lawrenceville and the townships of Pitt, Oakland, Liberty, and Peebles were incorporated into Pittsburgh. The former Collins Township became wards 18, 19, and 21 of the expanded city.^[2]

References

^ Fleming, George T. (15 March 1925). "Via the Seventh Street Road". The Gazette Times. Pittsburgh. sec. 5, p. 2.
^ ^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.
^ History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Vol. 1. Chicago: A. Warner & Co. 1889. p. 270.

External links

1862 map of Allegheny County
1862 map of Allegheny County showing a different southern border for Collins Township.
1851 map of Allegheny County incorrectly including the then-borough of Lawrenceville within Collins Township.
1876 map of Pittsburgh with the former Collins Township as Wards 18, 19 and 21.

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