Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Pennsylvania
- County
- Allegheny
- Mayor
- Deneen Swartzwelder ( D )
- Total
- 1.24 sq mi (3.22 km )
- Land
- 1.20 sq mi (3.11 km )
- Water
- 0.042 sq mi (0.11 km )
- Estimate 2021
- 8,490
- Density
- 7,193.3/sq mi (2,777.35/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Fips code
- 42-75816
- Website
- swissvaleborough .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- borough of Pennsylvania
- Official name
- Swissvale
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Allegheny County
- Population
- 8624
- Area
- 3.219501
- Elevation
- 1034
- Shares border with
- Wilkinsburg
- Official website
- swissvaleborough.com
- Image
- Longfellow School - Corner.jpg
- Households
- 4535
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- inception
- 1898-01-01
- water area
- 0.10917
- water as percent of area
- 3.3909
- per capita income
- 30996
- Commons category
- Swissvale, Pennsylvania
Sources (9)
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Encyclopedic overview
Swissvale is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, 9 miles (14 km) east of downtown Pittsburgh. Named for a farmstead owned by James Swisshelm, during the industrial age it was the site of the Union Switch and Signal Company of George Westinghouse. The population was 8,624 at the 2020 census.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Swissvale” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.