Harmar Township, PA
Harmar Township is a township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,921 at the 2010 census.
The township was named after Harmar Denny, a U.S. congressman and son of Ebenezer Denny.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 6.4 square miles (17 km2), of which 6.0 square miles (16 km2) is land and 0.5 square miles (1.3 km2), or 7.45%, is water.
Harmar Township is entirely in the Allegheny River drainage basin and contains one undeveloped state park, Allegheny Islands State Park, on three alluvial islands in the Allegheny River. Deer Creek flows through the township; it joins the Allegheny at Harmar.
Harmar Township has six land borders, including Indiana Township to the north, Frazer Township to the northeast, Springdale Township and Cheswick to the east, O'Hara Township to the southwest and Fox Chapel to the west.
Bordering the Allegheny River, Harmar runs adjacent with Oakmont to the south (with a direct link via Hulton Bridge) and Plum to the south and southeast.
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