Tarentum, Pennsylvania

Tarentum is a borough located in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, 22 miles (35 km) northeast of Pittsburgh, on the Allegheny River. Formerly an industrial center, plate glass and bottles were made here. Other products were bricks, lumber, steel and iron novelties, steel billets and sheets, sack and wrapping paper, etc. In 1900, 5,472 people lived here; in 1910, 7,414 people lived here; and in 1940, 9,846 people lived in Tarentum. As of the 2000 census, the borough had a total population of 4,993.

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Allegheny County, Pennsylvania - Pittsburgh - Allegheny River - 1900 - 1910 - 1940 - 2000

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