Broughton, Pennsylvania
Curry
Unincorporated community
Coordinates: 40°19′48″N 79°59′16″W / 40.33000°N 79.98778°W / 40.33000; -79.98778
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyAllegheny
TownshipSouth Park
Elevation
991 ft (302 m)
Time zoneUTC−5:00 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4:00 (EDT)

Broughton is an unincorporated community in South Park Township, Pennsylvania, United States. Originally named Curry after Joseph Curry, a frontier physician and coroner of Allegheny County in 1810, it was renamed Broughton, to avoid confusion with the nearby Curry Hollow and the Curry in Blair County.[1] It is located at the junction of Brownsville Road, Curry Road, and Broughton Road. Broughton was racially integrated in the early 20th century, due to coal miners working nearby mines in Horning.[2] It was the location of Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Company's No. 5 mine.

References

  1. ^ "The History of South Park Township". Retrieved June 30, 2008.
  2. ^ Smith Brown, Eliza (2007). African American Historic Sites Survey of Allegheny County. DIANE Publishing Inc. p. 178. ISBN 978-1-4223-1490-6.
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