Menallen Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
| Menallen Township | |
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| Township | |
Waltersburg Post Office
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 Location of Menallen Township in Fayette County |
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 Location of Fayette County in Pennsylvania |
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| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Fayette |
| Area | |
| • Total | 21.34 sq mi (55.26 km2) |
| • Land | 21.29 sq mi (55.14 km2) |
| • Water | 0.05 sq mi (0.12 km2) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 4,205 |
| • Density | 198/sq mi (76.3/km2) |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-4) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-5) |
| Area code(s) | 724 |
| Website | http://www.menallen.org |
Menallen Township is a township in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Pittsburgh Metropolitan Area. The population was 4,205 at the 2010 census, down from 4,644 at the 2000 census. The Uniontown Area School District serves the region.
The township is named after an older variant spelling of Moyallen, County Down, Ireland.
Waltersburg, Keisterville, Upper Middletown, Searights, Buffington, New Salem, Haddenville, Shamrock, Upper Peanut, Lower Peanut, Dearth, Rocks Works, Newboro, and portions of Smock and Balsinger are located in this township.
The township is in west central Fayette County and is bordered to the northeast by Redstone Creek, a tributary of the Monongahela River. U.S. Route 40 (the National Road) and Pennsylvania Route 43 (the Mon–Fayette Expressway) cross the township, both leading southeast to Uniontown, the county seat. US 40 leads northwest to Brownsville, while the Mon–Fayette leads northwest to Centerville and ultimately Jefferson Hills outside Pittsburgh. The expressway can be accessed from Exit 18 in Menallen Township, serving Keisterville.
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