Broughton
Broughton is an unincorporated community in South Park Township, Pennsylvania, United States. Originally named Curry after Joseph Curry, a frontier physician and coroner of Allegheny County in 1810, it was renamed Broughton, to avoid confusion with the nearby Curry Hollow and the Curry in Blair County.- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
- Also known as: “Broughton, PA” and “Broughton, Pennsylvania”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Oliver Miller Homestead and Hundred Acres Manor Haunted House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Curry and Bruceton.
Curry
Hamlet
Curry is an unincorporated community in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, later renamed Broughton.
Bruceton
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Broughton
- Categories: unincorporated community and locality
- Location: South Park Township, Allegheny County, Pittsburgh Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.3259° or 40° 19′ 33″ north
Longitude
-79.98644° or 79° 59′ 11″ west
Elevation
978 feet (298 metres)
Open location code
87G282G7+9C
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Japanese—“Broughton” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “布勞頓”
- Chinese: “布洛頓”
- French: “Broughton”
- Irish: “Broughton”
- Japanese: “ブロートン”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Baldwin and Experiment.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Sunrise Baptist Church and VFW Post 1940.
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