Warrendale (originally founded as Brush Creek) is a northern suburb of
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, and its county seat. It is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania#Municipalities, second-most populous city in Pennsylvania (after Philadelphia) and the List of Un ...
,
Pennsylvania
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, United States. It is located in the northwestern corner of
Allegheny County. It is the home to the corporate headquarters of
Joy Mining Machinery,
Printing Industries of America and
SAE International
SAE International is a global professional association and standards organization based in Warrendale, Pennsylvania, United States. Formerly the Society of Automotive Engineers, the organization adopted its current name in 2006 to reflect bot ...
, as well as the
United States Postal Service
The United States Postal Service (USPS), also known as the Post Office, U.S. Mail, or simply the Postal Service, is an independent agencies of the United States government, independent agency of the executive branch of the federal governmen ...
Pittsburgh Network Distribution Center, one of 21 such mail delivery hubs in the country. Originally founded as Brush Creek, it was renamed to Warrendale in 1907, after the local Warren family that originally resided there in the late 1700s.
It was the home to one of
American Eagle Outfitters' four North American
distribution center
A distribution center for a set of products is a warehouse or other specialized building, often with refrigeration or air conditioning, which is stocked with products (goods) to be redistributed to retailers, to wholesalers, or directly to c ...
s, before it closed.
It was the home to the corporate headquarters of
rue21 before they closed in 2024.
References
Coal towns in Pennsylvania
Unincorporated communities in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania
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