Event Detail

Summary

Type Method Description Successful?
Dissolution Municipality Brushton Borough-Pittsburgh City 1894 Merger yes

Dates

Event Year(s) Final Decree Date Effective Date How Effective Date Determined
1894 Dec. 18, 1894 Ordinance: Listed Effective Date

Map

Affected Government

From
Municipality		 From
County		 From
State		 To
Municipality		 To
County		 To
State
Brushton, Borough of (defunct)
Dissolution 		Allegheny, County of
Part 		Pennsylvania, Commonwealth of
Part 		Pittsburgh, City of
Expansion 		Allegheny, County of
Part 		Pennsylvania, Commonwealth of
Part

Current Government

Sub-Municipality Municipality County State
Pittsburgh, City of Allegheny County PA

Law

Detail Citation Group Relationship
View Act of June 8, 1874 (Pa. Laws 279, No. 166), §§ 1–4 PA: Annexation Ordinance, City (1874) indirect

Government Action

Detail Government Action Date Approved Effective Location
Brushton, Borough of (defunct) Ordinance Oct. 26, 1894
Pittsburgh, City of Ordinance 170: Annexing the Borough of Brushton to the City of Pittsburgh, and providing for an election of the representatives therein Oct. 29, 1894 Oct. 31, 1894 Dec. 18, 1894 v. 10, p. 15

Source

Detail Source Title Person(s) Vol. Page(s) Date 1 Date 2
View 1900 Cns. Rep. Footnote 17 331
View 1900 Cns. Rep. Footnote 19 331
View 1900 Cns. Rep. Footnote 25 331
View 1910 Cns. Rep. 612
View Allegheny Hist. Form. BOROUGHS 14
View Pa. Dep't Cmty. Econ. Dev. Cty. Bd'y F. Rep. City of Pittsburgh: Territorial Growth of Pittsburgh (in Allegheny County folder) 131 Dec. 31, 1981
View Pre-1940 Cns. Eng'r Corr. Holliday, Geo. L. (Postmaster) Jan. 22, 1904 Received Jan. 23, 1904