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McCandless Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

McCandless,
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Home Rule Municipality
Typical suburban street
Typical suburban street
Location in Allegheny County and state of Pennsylvania
Location in Allegheny County and state of Pennsylvania
Coordinates: 40°34′35″N 80°01′45″W / 40.57651°N 80.029292°W / 40.57651; -80.029292Coordinates: 40°34′35″N 80°01′45″W / 40.57651°N 80.029292°W / 40.57651; -80.029292
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
County Allegheny
Settled 1796
Incorporated 1851
Government
 • Type Town Council
 • Town Manager Tobias M. Cordek
Area
 • Total 16.6 sq mi (43.1 km2)
 • Land 16.5 sq mi (42.8 km2)
 • Water 0.1 sq mi (0.3 km2)
Elevation 1,024 ft (312 m)
Population (2010)
 • Total 28,457
 • Estimate (2016) 28,755
 • Density 1,754.4/sq mi (677.5/km2)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code 15237, 15090
Area code(s) 412, 724
FIPS code 42-003-45900
Website McCandless official website

McCandless is a Home Rule Municipality in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 28,457 at the 2010 census. It obtained a home rule charter on January 1, 1975, and changed its name from "McCandless Township" to "Town of McCandless". Though McCandless no longer operates under the First Class Township Code, it is classified as a first-class township for certain purposes.

The inclusion of the word "Town" in its name sometimes causes confusion, since with one exception, a "town" is not a municipal unit in Pennsylvania. Bloomsburg, in Columbia County, was incorporated as a town in 1870, and is legally recognized as "the only incorporated town" in Pennsylvania.

McCandless is part of the North Allegheny School District and participates in the multi-municipality Northland Public Library.

It has been ranked highly among Money Magazine's "Best Places to Live."

Native American artifacts, primarily Iroquois Nation, have been found in areas of the township. Early written history includes a visit by George Washington in 1753.

The first European settler in McCandless Township was James Duff, who had purchased 400 acres (1.6 km2) in 1796. Farming increased in the area, and in 1849, meetings were held, presided over by Daniel Vogel, for the purpose of forming a local government. The township was founded in 1851 and called "Taylor Township". The area was incorporated in 1857 as a second class township and renamed "McCandless Township" in honor of District Judge Wilson McCandless. The published population was 1,482 persons.

During the 1800s McCandless Township was primarily a farming community. During the War of 1812, an important supply route for the transportation of war materials from Pittsburgh to Commodore Perry's forces on Lake Erie passed through the area.


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