Plum, Pennsylvania | |
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 Oakmont Country Club National Register of Historic Places | |
 Location in Allegheny County and the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. | |
  Plum  Plum | |
| Coordinates: 40°29′55″N 79°45′16″W / 40.49861°N 79.75444°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Allegheny |
| Founded as Plum Township | 1788 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 28.94 sq mi (74.95 km2) |
| • Land | 28.57 sq mi (74.00 km2) |
| • Water | 0.37 sq mi (0.96 km2) 1.34% |
| Population | |
| • Total | 27,144 |
| • Density | 950.09/sq mi (366.83/km2) |
| School district | Plum Borough |
| Website | www |
Plum is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 27,144 at the 2020 census.[3] A suburb of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area, it is located northeast of the city in what is commonly referred to as the East Hills suburbs.
Plum is often referred to as "Plum Boro" or more correctly "Plum Borough" by locals to distinguish it from its previous status as a township. It was founded as Plum Township in 1788 and was reorganized as a borough in 1956. The borough took its name from nearby Plum Creek.[4]
- ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
- ^ "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved Oct 12, 2022.
- ^ "Data Commons". Retrieved March 2, 2021.
- ^ Porter, Thomas J. Jr. (May 10, 1984). "Town names carry a little bit of history". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 1. Retrieved 26 May 2015.