Broughton, Pennsylvania
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Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, United States
Broughton, Pennsylvania
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| Coordinates: 40°19′48′′N 79°59′16′′W / 40.33000°N 79.98778°W / 40.33000; -79.98778 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Allegheny |
| Township | South Park |
| Elevation | 991 ft (302 m) |
| Time zone | UTC−5:00 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4:00 (EDT) |
Broughton is an unincorporated community in South Park Township, Pennsylvania, United States. Originally named Curry after Joseph Curry, a frontier physician and coroner of Allegheny County in 1810, it was renamed Broughton, to avoid confusion with the nearby Curry Hollow and the Curry in Blair County.[1] It is located at the junction of Brownsville Road, Curry Road, and Broughton Road. Broughton was racially integrated in the early 20th century, due to coal miners working nearby mines in Horning.[2] It was the location of Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Company's No. 5 mine.
References
[edit ]- ^ "The History of South Park Township" . Retrieved June 30, 2008.
- ^ Smith Brown, Eliza (2007). African American Historic Sites Survey of Allegheny County. DIANE Publishing Inc. p. 178. ISBN 978-1-4223-1490-6.
