Sewickley, Pennsylvania Location in Allegheny County and the state of Pennsylvania Location in Allegheny County and the state of Pennsylvania Website Borough of Sewickley Sewickley is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, 12 miles (19 km) west northwest of Pittsburgh along the Ohio River.
The Sewickley Bridge crosses the Ohio River at Sewickley.
Sewickley is thought to be a Native American word meaning "sweet water." Historians dispute if Native Americans were referring to the Ohio River as the "sweet water" or instead to the syrup derived from a small-town abundance of maple trees.[dead link]} Hanna suggested "Sewickley" came from Creek words for "raccoon" (sawi) and "town" (ukli).
According to Hanna, the Asswikale branch of the Shawnee probably borrowed their name from the neighboring Sawokli Muscogee before the former's migration from present-day South Carolina to Pennsylvania. Contemporary accounts from noted anthropologist Frederick Webb Hodge and the Sewickley Presbyterian Church, as well as the current Sewickley Valley Historical Society concur to varying degrees with Mr.
Sewickley is positioned at 40 32.2 N 80 10.5 W (40.5390, -80.1807).
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the borough has a total region of 1.1 square miles (2.8 km2), of which, 1.0 square mile (2.6 km2) of it is territory and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) of it (11.11%) is water.
The borough of Sewickley is bordered directly by the boroughs of Edgeworth, Glen Osborne, and Sewickley Heights, as well as Aleppo Township.
Along with those four municipalities, plus Bell Acres, Glenfield, Haysville, Leetsdale, Leet Township, and Sewickley Hills, Sewickley is positioned in the Quaker Valley School District.
Most of these eleven municipalities not including Leetsdale and parts of Leet Township share the Sewickley postal service and its 15143 zip code.
Sewickley sits athwart the Ohio River from Moon Township and Coraopolis.
As of the 2010 census, there were 3,827 citizens with 1,765 homeholds and 950 families residing in the borough's 1,965 housing units.
There are a several private schools in the area, including Sewickley Academy, St.
The enhance school system, Quaker Valley School District, is famous for an innovative laptop-technology grant received in 2000 from former Pennsylvania governor Tom Ridge.
Quaker Valley School District is often regarded as one of the best and academically top-ranked school districts in the nation.
The Sewickley Public Library of the Quaker Valley School District is a Library Journal Star Library for the third year in a row and is continuously one of the top 25 biggest libraries in the Pittsburgh Business Times Book of Lists. Sewickley is home to Sewickley Valley Hospital, which is part of the Heritage Valley Health System.
Former Pittsburgh Penguins star Mario Lemieux, as well as current Penguins stars Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin, Penguins assistant coach and former player Sergei Gonchar, retired Pittsburgh Steeler legend Franco Harris live in Sewickley, as well as former Steelers Quarterback Mike Tomczak.
Lynn Swann is often thought to be a Sewickley resident, but lives in the neighboring borough of Sewickley Heights.
Representative for Pennsylvania's 12th district, Keith Rothfus, lives in Sewickley.
Former NFL head coach Chuck Knox was born and raised in Sewickley.
Broadway and film star Caitlin Clarke lived in Sewickley since the age of 10.
Former Sewickley resident is current Adult Film star, Amara Romani.
Parts of the movies Houseguest and The Mothman Prophecies were filmed in the Sewickley area.
Houseguest in particular was filmed in many locations on Sewickley's chief streets, Broad Street and Beaver Street.
Scenes from Jack Reacher, starring Tom Cruise, and The Lifeguard, starring Kristen Bell, were filmed in the town near the Sewickley Heights Manor. Foxcatcher, starring Steve Carell, Mark Ruffalo, and Channing Tatum, began recording in the Sewickley region in October 2012. The fictional 1/24 scale town of Elgin Park, by artist and photographer Michael Paul Smith, is actually based on the town of Sewickley.
Presbyterian Church (Sewickley, Pa.) (1914).
A history of the Presbyterian Church of Sewickley, Pennsylvania: consisting of certain addresses, bringed February 16-19, 1913, on the occasion of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the permanent organization of the church ...
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Population of Civil Divisions Less than Counties" (PDF).
"Pennsylvania: Population and Housing Unit Counts" (PDF).
"Film crews back in Sewickley area".
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