Event Detail
Summary
| Type | Method | Description | Successful? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dissolution | Municipality | Knoxville Borough-Pittsburgh City 1927 Merger | yes |
Dates
| Event Year(s) | Final Decree Date | Effective Date | How Effective Date Determined |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1926–1927 | Jan 3, 1927 | Final Decree - 1st Monday in January thereafter |
Map
Affected Government
| From Municipality |
From County |
From State |
To Municipality |
To County |
To State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Knoxville, Borough of (Allegheny, defunct) Dissolution |
Allegheny County Part |
PA Part |
Pittsburgh, City of Expansion |
Allegheny County Part |
PA Part |
Adjudication
| Detail | Tribunal | Type | No. | Term | Relationship |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View | Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania | Miscellaneous | 211 | Apr 1926 | direct |
Law
| Detail | Citation | Relationship |
|---|---|---|
| View | Act of April 28, 1903 (Pa. Laws 332, No. 260), §§ 1–6 | indirect |
| View | Act of April 19, 1905 (Pa. Laws 216, No. 158), § 1 | indirect |
| View | Act of May 28, 1907 (Pa. Laws 295, No. 223), § 1 | indirect |
| View | Act of June 1, 1907 (Pa. Laws 377, No. 271), § 1 | indirect |
| View | Act of May 10, 1909 (Pa. Laws 501, No. 280), § 1 | indirect |
| View | Act of May 6, 1915 (Pa. Laws 272, No. 167), §§ 1–2 | indirect |
| View | Act of July 11, 1923 (Pa. Laws 1047, No. 427), § 10 | indirect |
Government Action
| Detail | Government | Action | Date | Approved | Effective | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View | Pittsburgh, City of | Ordinance 354: Giving the consent of the City of Pittsburgh to the annexation of the contiguous Borough of Knoxville, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania | Jun 28, 1926 | Jun 30, 1926 | Ordinance Book v. 37, p. 466; Municipal Record Appendix v. 60, p. 284 | |
| View | Pittsburgh, City of | Resolution 468: [Solicitor to prepare petition to make the Borough of Knoxville the 30th Ward] | Dec 20, 1926 | Dec 21, 1926 | Resolution Book v. 6, p. 485; Municipal Record Appendix v. 60, p. 595 | |
| View | Pittsburgh, City of | Minute 4168 | Jun 13, 1927 | v. 61, p. 493–494 |
Source
| Detail | Source | Title | Person(s) | Vol. | Page(s) | Date 1 | Date 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View | 1930 Cns. Rep. | Footnote 2 | 937 | ||||
| View | 1940 Cns. Rep. | Footnote 2 | 913 | ||||
| View | Pa. Dep't Cmty. Econ. Dev. Cty. Bd'y F. Rep. | City of Pittsburgh: Territorial Growth of Pittsburgh (in Allegheny County folder) | 132 | Dec 31, 1981 | |||
| View | Pitts. Gaz. Times | Committee Session O.K.'s Annexation of Knoxville | 1 | Jun 9, 1926 | |||
| View | Pitts. Press | KNOXVILLE ANNEXATION DECREE HANDED DOWN | 31 | Nov 8, 1926 | |||
| View | Pre-1940 Cns. Eng'r Corr. | Received Sep 7, 1927 |