Jefferson Hills, Pennsylvania | |
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Coordinates: 40°17′28″N 79°55′55″W / 40.29111°N 79.93194°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Pennsylvania |
County | Allegheny County |
Post office | Pittsburgh |
President of Council | Melissa Girman-Steffey |
Government | |
• Mayor | Carrie McCaffrey |
Area | |
• Total | 16.75 sq mi (43.38 km2) |
• Land | 16.59 sq mi (42.95 km2) |
• Water | 0.16 sq mi (0.42 km2) |
Population | |
• Total | 12,424 |
• Density | 749.11/sq mi (289.24/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-4 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (EDT) |
Area code | 412 |
School District | West Jefferson Hills |
Website | www |
Jefferson Hills is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. In the 2020 census, the population was 12,424.[3] It is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area.
Part of the West Jefferson Hills School District, Jefferson Hills was created as Jefferson Township. Incorporated on January 22, 1828, it was named after Thomas Jefferson. Before 1998, the borough was known as simply Jefferson.[4]
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was invoked but never defined (see the help page).The Borough of Jefferson was renamed the Borough of Jefferson Hills, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, by Res. 29-98, adopted by the Council of the Borough of Jefferson Hills on December 14, 1998, and which Resolution followed a certification from the Board of Elections of Allegheny County that a majority of the voters in the Borough of Jefferson had approved a change in the corporate name of the municipality to the Borough of Jefferson Hills in the November 3, 1998, General Election.