Event Detail
Summary
| Type | Method | Description | Successful? |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Borough | Court | Vandergrift Borough 1897 Creation | yes* |
Dates
| Event Year(s) | Final Decree Date | Effective Date | How Effective Date Determined |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 | May 15, 1897 | May 15, 1897 | Decree of Incorporation - Date Granted |
Map
Affected Government
| From Municipality |
From County |
From State |
To Municipality |
To County |
To State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Allegheny, Township of (Westmoreland) Reduction |
Westmoreland County Part |
PA Part |
Vandergrift, Borough of Creation |
Westmoreland County Part |
PA Part |
Affected Government Form
| Government | Government Form |
|---|---|
| Vandergrift, Borough of | Borough (Title 8) |
Current Government
| Sub-Municipality | Municipality | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vandergrift, Borough of | Westmoreland County | PA |
Metes and Bounds Description
| Detail | Description | Type | Source | Acres | Beginning Point |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View | Vandergrift Borough 1897 Creation | shape | petition (recorded) | 237.4 | point on the original centre line of the West Penn Rail Road (old road bed) where said centre line is intersected by the easterly line of Ninth Alley on the town plan of Vandergrift |
Adjudication
| Detail | Tribunal | Type | No. | Term | Relationship |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View | Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania | Civil | 26 | Feb 1897 | direct |
Law
| Detail | Citation | Relationship |
|---|---|---|
| View | Act of April 1, 1834 (1833-1834 Pa. Laws 163, No. 98), §§ 1–3 | indirect |
| View | Act of April 3, 1851 (Pa. Laws 320, No. 218), §§ 21–26 | indirect |
| View | Act of April 3, 1851 (Pa. Laws 320, No. 218), §§ 28–29 | indirect |
| View | Act of April 1, 1863 (Pa. Laws 200, No. 211), § 1 | indirect |
| View | Act of June 2, 1871 (Pa. Laws 283, No. 264), § 1 | indirect |
| View | Act of May 9, 1889 (Pa. Laws 174, No. 194), § 1 | indirect |
| View | Act of June 26, 1895 (Pa. Laws 389, No. 276), §§ 1–2 | indirect |
Recorded Document
| Government | Type | Location | Alternate Location | Date | Relationship |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westmoreland County | Corporation Book | v. 4, p. 399 | Sec'y.St. 95303:457–460 | May 1897 | direct |
Source
| Detail | Source | Title | Person(s) | Vol. | Page(s) | Date 1 | Date 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View | 1900 Cns. Rep. | Footnote 23 | 348 | ||||
| View | 1900 Cns. Rep. | Footnote 5 | 349 | ||||
| View | Pa. Internal Affairs 1965 | 135 | |||||
| View | Pre-1950 Cns. St. Hist. | Lists of Incorporated Places with Dates of Incorporation. | 23 | Apr 1, 1935 | Apr 1, 1940 | ||
| View | Wendling 1992 | CITIES AND BOROUGHS | |||||
| View | Wendling 1992 | QUARTER SESSION CIVIL DOCKET #2 |