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Greenfield (Pittsburgh)

Greenfield
Neighborhood of Pittsburgh
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Coordinates: 40°25′19″N 79°56′31″W / 40.422°N 79.942°W / 40.422; -79.942
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
County Allegheny County
City Pittsburgh
Area
 • Total 0.773 sq mi (2.00 km2)
Population (2010)
 • Total 7,294
 • Density 9,400/sq mi (3,600/km2)

Greenfield is a neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. It is represented on Pittsburgh City Council by Corey O'Connor.

Greenfield is a member of Pittsburgh's 15th Ward, which includes the neighborhoods of Greenfield and Four Mile Run. Greenfield is adjacent to the Pittsburgh neighborhoods of Hazelwood to the south, Oakland and Schenley Park to the north, and Squirrel Hill to the east.Pittsburgh Fire Station #12 is located on Winterburn Avenue in the neighborhood.

In 1758, a large tract of woodland was purchased for $10,000 under the Treaty of Fort Stanwix made with the Native-Americans. This area included what became Greenfield and neighboring Hazelwood, which today are both part of the city's 15th ward. By the late 1800s, many of Greenfield's residents were of Irish, Polish, Slovak, Italian, Hungarian, and Carpatho-Rusyn descent. They resided in Greenfield and traveled to Hazelwood, Homestead and Duquesne to work in the steel mills.

During the Civil War, Greenfield (part of Squirrel Hill at the time) was the site of a small redoubt, Fort Black on Bigelow Street between Parade and Shields Streets, also known as Fort Chess or Fort Squirrel Hill.


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