Pittsburgh Region
Allegheny County
Borough of Ben Avon

Ben Avon

Ben Avon is a borough in , United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 1,918 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. The name, Ben Avon, comes from Scottish for "hill by the waters".
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  • Type: Village with 1,770 residents
  • Description: borough in Pennsylvania
  • Also known as: “Ben Avon, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania”, “Ben Avon, PA”, and “Ben Avon, Pennsylvania”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Emsworth Locks and Dam and Fleming Park Bridge.

Dam
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a combination of locks and dams on the Ohio River located just downstream of . The dam has two gated sections, one on each side of Neville Island.

Bridge
The is a through truss bridge which spans the back channel of the Ohio River, between Neville Island and Stowe Township, PA. Although the Ohio River's back channel is only 590 feet wide, roughly 660 feet of this newer bridge was erected over water due to the unique 65-degree angle of the structure's trajectory.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kilbuck Township and Mount Nebo.

Village
is a township in , United States. The population was 774 at the 2020 census. was named after Gelelemend, also known as Killbuck.

Village
is an unincorporated community in , in the U.S. state of . is situated 3½ miles north of Ben Avon.

Hamlet
is a small community within , United States. is located near the corner of Babcock Boulevard and Three Degree Road. is situated 4 miles northeast of Ben Avon.

Ben Avon

Latitude
40.50812° or 40° 30′ 29″ north
Longitude
-80.08311° or 80° 4′ 59″ west
Population
1,770
Elevation
846 feet (258 metres)
Open location code
86GXGW58+6Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 153931287
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
5179911
Wiki­data ID
Q816423
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Ben Avon” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بين أفون”
  • Basque: “Ben Avon”
  • Cebuano: “Ben Avon”
  • Chechen: “Бен-Эйвон”
  • Chinese: “Ben Avon”
  • Dutch: “Ben Avon (Pennsylvania)”
  • Dutch: “Ben Avon”
  • French: “Ben Avon”
  • German: “Ben Avon”
  • Gilaki: “بن ایون (پنسيلوانيا)”
  • Gilaki: “بن ایون”
  • Haitian: “Ben Avon, Pennsilvani”
  • Haitian: “Ben Avon”
  • Italian: “Ben Avon (contea di Allegheny, Pennsylvania)”
  • Italian: “Ben Avon”
  • Ladin: “Ben Avon”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Ben Avon”
  • Portuguese: “Ben Avon (Pensilvânia)”
  • Portuguese: “Ben Avon”
  • Serbian: “Бен Ејвон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ben Avon, Pennsylvania”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ben Avon”
  • Spanish: “Ben Avon”
  • Swedish: “Ben Avon, Pennsylvania”
  • Swedish: “Ben Avon”
  • Tatar: “Бен-Эйвон”
  • Ukrainian: “Бен-Ейвон”
  • Uzbek: “Ben Avon”
  • Vietnamese: “Ben Avon, Pennsylvania”
  • Vietnamese: “Ben Avon”
  • Volapük: “Ben Avon (PA)”
  • Volapük: “Ben Avon (Pennsylvania)”
  • Volapük: “Ben Avon, PA”
  • Volapük: “Ben Avon, Pennsylvania”
  • Volapük: “Ben Avon”
  • Welsh: “Ben Avon, Pennsylvania”
  • Welsh: “Ben Avon”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Ben Avon Borough Hall and Ben Avon Volunteer Fire Company.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Ben Avon”. Photo: Leepaxton, CC BY-SA 4.0.