West Mifflin
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borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Pennsylvania
- County
- Allegheny
- Incorporated
- 1788 (Mifflin Township)
- Mayor
- Chris Kelly
- Total
- 14.50 sq mi (37.56 km )
- Land
- 14.20 sq mi (36.79 km )
- Water
- 0.29 sq mi (0.76 km ) 1.8%
- Density
- 1,386.6/sq mi (535.38/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( EST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Fips code
- 42-83512
- Website
- www .westmifflin .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- borough of Pennsylvania
- Official name
- West Mifflin
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Allegheny County
- Population
- 19589
- Area
- 37.574883
- Elevation
- 1089
- Shares border with
- Pittsburgh
- Image
- New gates to Kennywood (2005).jpg
- Households
- 8350
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- postal code
- 15122
- inception
- 1944-01-03
- Commons category
- West Mifflin, Pennsylvania
- water area
- 0.761784
- water as percent of area
- 2.0274
- per capita income
- 29556
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Encyclopedic overview
West Mifflin is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, located southeast of Pittsburgh. The population was 19,589 at the 2020 census. It is named after Thomas Mifflin, the first governor of Pennsylvania and a U.S. Founding Father.
Although the borough is heavily residential, it is home to one of America's oldest traditional amusement parks, Kennywood Park. Other employers include advanced naval nuclear propulsion technology research and development facility, Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory; monorail manufacturer Bombardier; US Steel's Mon Valley Works–Irvin Plant; Community College of Allegheny County's South Campus; and the Allegheny County Airport.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “West Mifflin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.