Natrona Heights is an

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in Harrison Township, Allegheny County in the

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. It is located in

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within the Pittsburgh Metropolitan Statistical Area, approximately northeast of

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. Natrona Heights is situated near the

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, Natrona, Brackenridge, and Tarentum.

Museums and other points of interest

Natrona Heights is home to both the Pittsburgh-Tarentum Campmeeting Association, a Methodist-based camp over 160 years old, and to the Pittsburgh Buddhist Center. The town's first structure, the Burtner House, still stands and is open for festivals several times a year. The Community Library of Allegheny Valley, Harrison Branch also serves Natrona Heights.

Education

The community is within the Highlands School District. Highlands High School and Highlands Middle School are in Natrona Heights. Private schools include Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament Elementary School and Saint Joseph High School.

Usage in popular culture

''Knightriders''

The film '' Knightriders'' (

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) by George A. Romero starring

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used scenes shot on Pennsylvania Avenue and in a restaurant on Freeport Road in Natrona Heights, as well as several scenes in neighboring Natrona for the movie. Most of the film was shot in nearby Fawn Township.

''Promised Land''

During interviews for the film ''

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'' (

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) which was shot in

, star

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revealed that his father Ronald had grown up in the Natrona Heights area.

Notable people

* Greg Christy, former professional football player,

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* Jeff Christy, former professional football player,

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and

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John Filo John Paul Filo (; born August 21, 1948) is an American photographer whose picture of 14-year-old runaway Mary Ann Vecchio screaming while kneeling over the dead body of 20-year-old Jeffrey Miller, one of the victims of the Kent State shootings ...

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winning photojournalist *

Cookie Gilchrist Carlton Chester "Cookie" Gilchrist (May 25, 1935 – January 10, 2011) was an American football fullback who played in the American Football League (AFL) and the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was named the AFL Most Valuable Player (MVP) ...

, former professional football player,

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, and

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* Larry J. Kulick, for

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of the Diocese of Greensburg * Robert W. Olszewski, painter and miniatures artist * Heather Pressdee, nurse charged with mass murdering patients by lethal injections * Ed Sikov, American film scholar and author * Tom Young, basketball coach

References

External links

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