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New Kensington (known locally as New Ken) is a city in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 12,170 at the 2020 census . It is situated along the Allegheny River 18 miles (29 km) northeast of Pittsburgh and is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area .
HAER No. PA-337-E, "Alcoa-New Kensington Works, Packing & Job Shop", 1 photo, 1 photo caption page HAER No. PA-295, " Alcoa Research Laboratory, Freeport Road, New Kensington, Westmoreland County, PA ", 8 photos, 4 data pages, 1 photo caption page
This district encompasses 143 contributing buildings that are located in the central business district and surrounding residential areas of New Kensington. Built roughly between 1891 and 1947, they are a mix of residential, commercial, institutional, and industrial properties that were designed in a variety of popular architectural styles, including Art Deco, Beaux-Arts, and Colonial Revival.
Pennsylvania Route 56 (PA 56) is a 108-mile-long (174 km) state highway that is located in west central Pennsylvania in the United States. Its western terminus is situated at the eastern end of the C.L. Schmitt Bridge in New Kensington. Its eastern terminus is located on U.S. Route 30 (US 30) west of Bedford.
Allegheny Township is a township in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 8,316 at the 2020 census , [ 2 ] an increase from 8,002 at the 2000 census. It is the northernmost municipality of Westmoreland County.
PA 56 west (7th Street) / PA 56 Truck – New Kensington, Arnold, Springdale: Eastern end of wrong-way concurrency with PA 56; western end of wrong-way concurrency with PA 56 Truck: New Kensington–Lower Burrell line: 4.563: 7.343: PA 56 Truck west (2nd Street) / Orange Belt: Eastern end of wrong-way concurrency with PA 56 Truck: Murrysville ...
One of these became Burrell Township, which in 1879 was divided into Lower and Upper Burrell townships. In the 1890s, Lower Burrell was further divided into the cities of New Kensington and Arnold. Farming, coal mining, and milling were the mainstays of the local economy in the 19th and early 20th century.
Arnold was then part of the newly created city of New Kensington from 1891 until it was separately incorporated as a borough in January 1896, and as a third-class city in 1939. Arnold is governed under Pennsylvania's third-class city code, with a mayor, treasurer, controller, and four council members elected at-large.