Mars, Pennsylvania Mars, Pennsylvania Mars, Pennsylvania Official name: Borough of Mars School District Mars Area School District Map of Mars, Butler County, Pennsylvania Location of Mars in Butler County Mars, Pennsylvania is positioned in Pennsylvania Mars, Pennsylvania Location of Mars in Pennsylvania Mars is a borough in Butler County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Mars is positioned in southern Butler County at 40 41 48 N 80 0 44 W (40.696594, -80.012205), about halfway between the metros/cities of Pittsburgh and Butler.
Pennsylvania Route 228 bypasses the borough to the south, dominant east 4 miles (6 km) to Pennsylvania Route 8 and west 8.5 miles (13.7 km) to Interstates 79 and 76 in Cranberry Township.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the borough of Mars has a total region of 0.5 square miles (1.2 km2), all land. Mars is home to the prominent roadside attraction the Mars "Spaceship" or "Flying Saucer". It is also home to the Mars Station, one of the last barns depots still standing from the now defunct Pittsburgh and Western Railroad. In 1882, the name of the improve was changed to Mars since the barns already had a stop with the name "Overbrook". No one is sure how the name "Mars" came into being.
Some say it was Park's wife who appreciateed astronomy, while the rest believe it was shortened after Samuel Marshall's name. On March 6, 1895, Mars was incorporated as a borough.
In 1904, the Pittsburgh and Butler Street Railway attained permission from Mars to construct its right-of-way through the borough.
The line turn into part of the Pittsburgh, Harmony, Butler and New Castle Railway in 1917, being retitled Pittsburgh, Mars and Butler Railway.
The USS Mars (AFS-1) was titled after the borough.
The bell of the USS Mars was donated to the borough and has turn into a permanent memorial in the downtown park.
Mars Station, Pennsylvania Mars National Bank, established in 1900, has its command posts located in the borough, with seven chapters positioned in Butler and Allegheny counties.
The Mars Area School District serves the boroughs of Mars and Valencia, as well as Adams Township and Middlesex Township in Butler County.
The Mars Fightin' Planets are one of the many squads positioned in the north Pittsburgh area.
Because of its unique name, and adjacency to Pittsburgh, Mars has on occasion received nationwide media attention.
In 2011, a representative from The Walt Disney Company invited students from Mars Elementary School to attend the Pittsburgh premiere of Mars Needs Moms, after reading a featured article on the town by msnbc.com.
The 1988 comedy-drama film The Prince of Pennsylvania and the 1996 comedy film Kingpin were filmed throughout the borough.
Canadian musician John Southworth titled his first album Mars, Pennsylvania after the town, which he had passed through many years earlier on a school trip.
Mars was the inspiration for the fictional town of Athena, Pennsylvania, the setting for the 2015 fictional trilogy, Benjamin's Field, by small-town author J.
Founded in 1917, the church was originally positioned in downtown Mars, but by the early 2000s (decade), membership had swelled so much that a new facility was constructed just outside the neighboring Seven Fields borough along PA 228 in 2008.
The Mars United Presbyterian was established in 1969 with the merging of two older churches, one under the United Presbyterian Church of North America, the other under the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
The Woodland Valley Church is one of the newer churches in Mars, and is one of a several intact churches that have recently started in the Mars/Cranberry area.
Others include the Mars Alliance Church, and the Discovery Christian Church which will be assembled along PA 228 athwart from the former. The Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Eastern America has its command posts in Adams Township, near Mars. Residents of Mars are often called[by whom?] "Martians", or "Planets" because of the high school team name. The high school has a homecoming parade every fall.
Lakehill Airport is a small airport positioned about a mile and a half northwest of Mars.
The biggest and busiest road in Mars is Pennsylvania Route 228.
It is an meaningful link for commuters because it joins with Pennsylvania Route 8 and Pennsylvania Route 356 to the east, and with Interstate 79 and US Route 19 to the west.
The second busiest road in Mars is the Mars-Evans City Road which was originally Pennsylvania Route 855.
It is an meaningful connecting road for Mars and the borough of Evans City.
The Red Belt of the Allegheny County Belt System is positioned just three miles south of Mars.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Mars borough, Pennsylvania".
An Historical Gazetteer of Butler County, Pennsylvania, pp.
An Historical Gazetteer of Butler County, Pennsylvania, pp.
"'A Separate Life' Mars actress, director takes film to Cannes festival".
Municipalities and communities of Butler County, Pennsylvania, United States
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