Chartiers (Pittsburgh)
Chartiers
Chartiers City | |
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| Coordinates: 40°27′50″N 80°03′22″W / 40.464°N 80.056°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Allegheny County |
| City | Pittsburgh |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.132 sq mi (0.34 km2) |
| Population (2010)[1] | |
| • Total | 477 |
| • Density | 3,600/sq mi (1,400/km2) |
Chartiers (sometimes called Chartiers City) is a neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's West End. It has a zip code of 15204, and has representation on Pittsburgh City Council by the council member for District 2 (West Neighborhoods). The neighborhood was named after Peter Chartier,[3] a trapper of French and Native American parentage who established a trading post at the mouth of Chartiers Creek in 1743.
Surrounding Pittsburgh Neighborhoods
[edit]Chartiers City borders Esplen to the north, Sheraden to the east and southeast, and Windgap from the south, west and northwest.
Further reading
[edit]- Toker, Franklin (1994) [1986]. Pittsburgh: An Urban Portrait. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 0-8229-5434-6.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "PGHSNAP 2010 Raw Census Data by Neighborhood". Pittsburgh Department of City Planning. 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
- ^ "PGHSNAP". Archived from the original on 2014-12-04. Retrieved 2013-06-21.
- ^ Charles Augustus Hanna, The Wilderness Trail: Or, The Ventures and Adventures of the Pennsylvania Traders on the Allegheny Path, Volume 1 The Wilderness Trail: Or, The Ventures and Adventures of the Pennsylvania Traders on the Allegheny Path, Putnam's sons, 1911