Noblestown Road
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Noblestown Road | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhoods | Crafton Heights, East Carnegie, Elliott, Oakwood, West End, Westwood |
| Origin of name | Noblestown, Pennsylvania |
Noblestown Road is so named because it leads to the community of Noblestown on Robinson Run, which was once an important destination.[1]
Noblestown is believed to be the oldest town in that part of Allegheny County.[2][3] It was founded by Colonel Henry Noble at an uncertain date.[2][3] Noble probably arrived there before 1773,[2] and he was selling lots in "Noblesburgh" in September 1796.[3]
Noblestown, and this road, appear on maps of Allegheny County from the 1850s and 1860s.[4][5][6] R. E. McGowin's 1852 map of Pittsburgh shows the eastern end of the Noblestown Plank Road leading to the community of Temperanceville (today the neighborhood of West End).[7]
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References
- ↑ Patricia Lowry. "Quiet endurance: Noblestown church's history is that of the common man." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Dec. 18, 2003, pp. B-1, B-2. Newspapers.com 90291807, 90291826. [view source] lowry-noblestown
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Kay Ryall. "'King of Keelboatmen' hauled flour from early mill at Noblestown: Escapades of doughty Mike Fink part of town history: Old Mingo Indian trail was scene of frontier tragedies." Pittsburgh Press, Jan. 14, 1934, society section, p. 11. Newspapers.com 142932811. [view source] ryall-noblestown
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 William A. White. "Noblestown." Pittsburgh Press, Feb. 15, 1955, p. 21. Newspapers.com 148905958. [view source] white-noblestown
- ↑ E. H. Heastings. Map of the County of Allegheny, Pennsylvania. 1850. Historic Pittsburgh DARMAP0090. [view source] heastings
- ↑ Sidney & Neff and S. McRea. Map of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, with the Names of Property-Holders. Philadelphia, 1851. LCCN 2012592150. [view source] sidney-neff
- ↑ S. N. & F. W. Beers. Map of Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania. Smith, Gallup & Hewitt, Philadelphia, 1862. LCCN 2012592151; 1862 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] beers
- ↑ R. E. McGowin. Map of the Cities of Pittsburgh and Allegheny and of the Boroughs of South-Pittsburgh, Birmingham, East-Birmingham, Lawrenceville, Duquesne & Manchester etc. Schuchman & Haunlein, Pittsburgh, 1852. https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agdm/id/32269/. [view source] mcgowin-1852
