Penn Twp - Wml Real Estate

Penn Township, officially known as the Township of Penn, was named after Pennsylvania founder William Penn. The township was incorporated on February 23, 1855. In the early years after its founding, numerous Scotch-Irish Americans came to the area to farm its rich land. Later in the township's history, coal mining contributed heavily to the economy. Penn Township is also home to the Bushy Run Battlefield. The Bushy Run Battlefield was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966, and is designated a National Historic Landmark. In 1957 Carnegie Mellon University chose the township for a new lab facility.

Geography

Penn Township is located in the western part of Westmoreland County. It is approximately 25 miles east from Pittsburgh and 7 miles west of Greensburg, Pennsylvania. The township is bordered by north by Murrysville, Pennsylvania, northeast by Salem Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, east by Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, southeast by Jeannette, Pennsylvania, southwest by North Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, west-southwest by Trafford, Pennsylvania, and west by Monroeville, Pennsylvania. Penn Township maintains nearly 100 miles of roadways. The township has three major transportation routes within its boundaries: Pennsylvania Route 130, Pennsylvania Route 993, and the Pennsylvania Turnpike. According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 30.76 square miles (79.1 km2), all of it land. Penn Township is also part of the Turtle Creek (Monongahela River tributary) watershed.

Demographics

As of July 1, 2021, Penn Township has a population of 20,346. This is a 1.5% increase from the 2020 US Census Population.

Information provided by https://en.wikipedia.org/