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• Robinson Township Links
• Churches and Cemetaries
• Coal, Oil, & Railroads
• Allegheny County and Pennsylvania Links
• Nearby Historical Societies
• Military
• Robinson Families

Robinson Township

• Visit the official Township of Robinson website for all your information on everything from township business, to our yearly Parks and Recreation plans, along with various other related activities and links.
• Our township has a wonderful library for all your educational and entertainment needs. Check out the Robinson Library for more information.
• Demographic and Socio-Economic profiles for Robinson Township can be found via the Allegheny County website.

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Churches and Cemetaries

• The Union Presbyterian Church has a web which provides a brief history of the church. Union Presbyterian is the second oldest church in Robinson Township, founded in 1794.

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Coal, Oil, & Railroads

As of October 2014 this area is being REWORKED. Railroads are tied to the history of Robinson Township as much as the mining of the coal which the hauled. Through it's history several railroads have operated within the township.

• Don't forget the Montour Trail which follows the abandoned right-of-way of the Montour Railroad.
• A short history of the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad.
• The site Erie Lackawanna and other Fallen Flag and Shortline Railroads Photos has a information about the  Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad as well as some other area railroads.

While the Pennsylvania Railroad didn't run directly through Robinson Township it played a role in the history of the area. Here are some links about the "Pennsy":

• The Broad Way: A Pennsylvania Railroad Home Page is best overall page about the Pennsylvania RR and contains numerous links to other related pages.
• The Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society provides links to the Philadelphia and National chapters of the society.
• A little closer to home, the Hobo's Guide To The Pennsy Chartiers Branch contains information about the branch of the Panhandle Division that ran through Carnegie near the Robinson Township boarder.

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Allegheny County and Pennsylvania

• As of October 2014 this area is being REWORKED. There is an excellent collection of links on Rootsweb.com for anyone interested in  Allegheny County, PA Genealogy.
• The McGowan Genealogy Site has a lot of links to useful maps of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County plus lots of other interesting links.
• Click here to visit a clickable map of Allegheny County, provided by Rootsweb.com, which lets you view USGS topographical maps of  Allegheny County dated 1983.
• Cyndi's List provides a lot of links to Pennsylvania history and genealogy pages.
• The Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania offers a non-circulating collection of materials documenting life in Western
  Pennsylvania. Visit the web site for details. 
• There is census information scattered located on the web for various townships located in Allegheny County. Click here for a list of some of the data currently available.
• DistantCousin.com has a list of genealogical resources for Pennsylvania and  Allegheny County.

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Surrounding Historical Societies

Historical Society of Green Tree
10 West Manilla Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15220
(412) 921-2319

Carnegie Historical Society
1 West Main Street
Carnegie, PA 15106
(412) 276-7447

Ingram Historical Society
40 West Prospect Street
Ingram, PA 15205
(412) 281-2465

The Crafton Historical Society
140 Bradford Avenue
Crafton, PA 15205
(412) 922-6884

McKees Rocks Historical Society
Meetings held at Mickey's Place
1625 Pinehollow Road
McKees Rocks, Pa 15136

Moon Township Historical Society
1000 Beaver Grade Rd
Moon Township, PA 15108
(412) 262-1700

Sewickley Valley Historical Society
200 Broad Street
Sewickley, PA 15143
(412) 741-5315

Historical Society of Pennsylvania
1300 Locust Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Telephone: 215-732-6201

Senator John Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History Center and
Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania
212 Smallman Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
(412) 454-6000


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Military

There are many places on-line where you can go to find military information. Robinson Township has its own interesting history with the military:

• Interested in the cold-war defense of the Pittsburgh area? Check out the Pittsburgh Air Defense Sector site. Included is information and links to the Nike Site PI-71 located at the old municiple building site at the end of Leona Lane, the old AAA Gun Battalion located on Planet Way, the USAF and ANG wings stationed at the Pittsburgh airport, and the Oakdale support center.

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Robinson Families

There are many family names synonymous with Robinson Townhip going back more than 200 years. Several roads around the township are named after some of the early residents. We will be building this area over the coming months.

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