The Chartiers-Houston School District covers the Borough of

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and Chartiers Township in

Washington County, Pennsylvania Washington County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 209,349. Its county seat is Washington. Washington County is part of the Pittsburgh, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county i ...

. The district operates Chartiers-Houston Jr/Sr High School (7th-12th) and Allison Park Elementary School (K-6th). Named for

Peter Chartier Peter Chartier (16901759) (Anglicized version of Pierre Chartier, sometimes written Chartiere, Chartiers, Shartee or Shortive) was a fur trader of mixed Shawnee and French parentage. Multilingual, he later became a leader and a band chief among ...

(1690—1759) who established a trading post in the area in 1743.

References

{{Reflist School districts in Washington County, Pennsylvania School districts established in 1955