Knoxville is a
neighborhood in southern
Pittsburgh
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,
Pennsylvania
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. It is part of zip code 15210, and has representation on Pittsburgh City Council by the council member for District 3 (Central South Neighborhoods).
History
Knoxville Borough was incorporated on September 7, 1877, from that part of
Lower St. Clair Township adjoining
Beltzhoover and
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. Jeremiah Knox resided there in the early part of the nineteenth century, and established a fruit farm on the site.
Strawberries grown at the farm were particularly well known. The location of Knoxville, on the second ridge from the
Monongahela River
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, was a desirable location because it was shielded from the smoke emanating from the factories and mills of the
South Side. Knox began to subdivide his farm for residential development in 1872. Knoxville became accessible from the South Side in the 1870s with the opening of an
incline, the
Mount Oliver Incline, and then by an electric railway, the
Pittsburgh, Knoxville & St. Clair Electric Railroad, in 1888. Because of its desirable location and easy access to the South Side, Knoxville attracted many middle managers of the South Side mills as residents. Knoxville Borough was annexed by the City of Pittsburgh in 1927.
Surrounding neighborhoods
Knoxville has five borders, including the Pittsburgh neighborhoods of
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to the north,
Carrick to the south, and
Bon Air and
Beltzhoover to the west. The remaining border is with the borough of
Mount Oliver to the east.
See also
*
List of Pittsburgh neighborhoods
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Mount Oliver Incline
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Knoxville Incline
References
Further reading
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Neighborhoods in Pittsburgh