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History · Allison Park

Allison Park’s post office opened in 1909, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Allison Park was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1973.

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How Allison Park began

When was Allison Park founded?

1909

The Allison Park post office opened in 1909, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 21,864117 years
Founding year: the first Allison Park post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Allison Park’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Allison Park are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Allison Park’s history is told.

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The story

How Allison Park came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Allison Park.

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In the 18th century, Allison Park was called Talley Cavey and was part of the large Pitt Township. Talley Cavey is Irish Gaelic for "hill over the borough". Early Irish settlers named it after Tullycavy on the Ards Peninsula outside Greyabbey, County Down, now in Northern Ireland. The town started in the woods that are now along Mt. Royal Boulevard, and continued until it reached what is now the Pennsylvania Turnpike.

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On the National Register

1 historic place in Allison Park

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Allison Park

Nobody well known was born in Allison Park itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Anne JacksonAmerican actress · b. 1925
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Philip Childs KeenanAmerican astronomer · b. 1908
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John AbramovicBasketball player · b. 1919
Herman (Swaiko)American Eastern Orthodox bishop · b. 1932
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Marie TaylorAmerican botanist · b. 1911
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Margaret Fay ShawAmerican folklorist and musicologist · b. 1903
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Glenshaw1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHampton TownshipIts storyC−Shaler Township3 historic placesA−Indiana TownshipIts storyB

Questions about Allison Park’s history

What year was Allison Park founded?

The Allison Park post office opened in 1909, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikipedia. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.