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History · Sturgeon

Sturgeon’s post office opened in 1885, and 13% of its homes were built before 1940

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How Sturgeon began

When was Sturgeon founded?

1885

The Sturgeon post office opened in 1885, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 1,611141 years
Founding year: the first Sturgeon post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Sturgeon’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 Sturgeon 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 Sturgeon’s history is told.

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The story so far

Sturgeon, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Sturgeon yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Sturgeon is a census-designated place (CDP) in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The community was part of the Sturgeon-Noblestown CDP for the 2000 census, but was split into two separate CDPs for the 2010 census. The population of Sturgeon was 1,611 at the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1885. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,710 to 1,611 (-6%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Sturgeon, decade by decade

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Stories next door

History across the town line

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

NoblestownIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMcDonaldIts storyBNorth Fayette TownshipIts storyC+

Questions about Sturgeon’s history

What year was Sturgeon founded?

The Sturgeon post office opened in 1885, 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 Wikimedia Commons (1) and Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.