Collins Township was a
township
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Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, ...
in
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
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, in the northeast part of what is now
Pittsburgh
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. It included most of the present city east of
Lawrenceville, north of
Penn Avenue, and south of the
Allegheny River
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. It was formed in 1850 from a northern portion of
Peebles Township and was named for Thomas Collins, a prominent lawyer.
On 30 June 1868, Collins Township along with the borough of Lawrenceville and the townships of
Pitt,
Oakland
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,
Liberty
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, and Peebles were incorporated into Pittsburgh. The former Collins Township became wards 18, 19, and 21 of the expanded city.
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References
External links
1862 map of Allegheny County1862 map of Allegheny County
showing a different southern border for Collins Township.
1851 map of Allegheny County
incorrectly including the then-borough of Lawrenceville within Collins Township.
1876 map of Pittsburgh
with the former Collins Township as Wards 18, 19 and 21.
{{Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Former townships in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
1850 establishments in Pennsylvania