Butler County (Pittsburgh, Lower Burrell, Somerset: for sale, house, land)

[guylocke]

Butler County is an interesting place. Southern Butler County is made up of 5 Townships. Just like this:

[1][2][3][4][5]

The Townships are quite literally stacked side-by-side like that are are even gridded as squares so my little representation is practically totally accurate. Those boxes represent the bottom row of Butler County Townships. The most famous, of course, is [1] which is Cranberry. Cranberry is the south west tip of the county and has the most convenient access to the city via 79/279.

Now, ANYTHING below those 5 townships is in Allegheny County.

We all know Cranberry [1] is booming. However, it's most definitely spilled into neighboring [2] Adam's Township (Mars). I believe in the coming years, Adam's may actually surpass Cranberry.

What I want to know is, do people expect this growth to slowly continue across all 5 of those lower Townships due to their proximity to Allegheny County and Pittsburgh?

I know [5] Buffalo Township is also growing, but not quite to the extent as Cranberry or Adam's. Buffalo Township actually touches Allegheny County and Westmoreland County. Sarver is one particular town in Buffalo Township that is growing quite heavily.

What about [3] Middlesex Township and [4] Clinton Township? Does anyone know if these area's are experiencing any growth? Is Adam's already spilling into Middlesex?

Anyway, I'm not sure why I'm fascinated by such things, but I am. :P

[Tallysmom]

Originally Posted by guylocke

Butler County is an interesting place. Southern Butler County is made up of 5 Townships. Just like this:

[1][2][3][4][5]

The Townships are quite literally stacked side-by-side like that are are even gridded as squares so my little representation is practically totally accurate. Those boxes represent the bottom row of Butler County Townships. The most famous, of course, is [1] which is Cranberry. Cranberry is the south west tip of the county and has the most convenient access to the city via 79/279.

Now, ANYTHING below those 5 townships is in Allegheny County.

We all know Cranberry [1] is booming. However, it's most definitely spilled into neighboring [2] Adam's Township (Mars). I believe in the coming years, Adam's may actually surpass Cranberry.

What I want to know is, do people expect this growth to slowly continue across all 5 of those lower Townships due to their proximity to Allegheny County and Pittsburgh?

I know [5] Buffalo Township is also growing, but not quite to the extent as Cranberry or Adam's. Buffalo Township actually touches Allegheny County and Westmoreland County. Sarver is one particular town in Buffalo Township that is growing quite heavily.

What about [3] Middlesex Township and [4] Clinton Township? Does anyone know if these area's are experiencing any growth? Is Adam's already spilling into Middlesex?

Anyway, I'm not sure why I'm fascinated by such things, but I am. :P

As the door mat says "Well , butter my butt and call me a biscuit!" I had no idea that Butler County bordered Westmoreland County anywhere.

Westmoreland County Pennsylvania, Township Map (http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/maps/pa/county/westmo/usgs/ - broken link)

And it does.

If you ever need a quick, accurate map of townships and counties -- the rootsweb stuff is great. Since I look up genealogy stuff all the time, Google knows to bring them up for me. And I don't think that stuff has changed over the years -- this stuff was pretty much set in stone by the 1800's.

I've been going over the land grant stuff online trying to find my great (9) grandfather's stuff -- going back to 1750, things AREN'T in stone -- there was no Somerset County, it was all Bedford County. I wasted two hours looking for Somerset County... in old fashioned writing. When I found that out, I went to Bedford and there it was .... not called what the history said it was called -- the land tract was called Cherryburgh, not The Three Hills.

May be time to hit the LDS center again...

[guylocke]

As the door mat says "Well , butter my butt and call me a biscuit!" I had no idea that Butler County bordered Westmoreland County anywhere.

First of all, that was hilarious. Second of all, yep!! It does!! Lower Burrell, where I am from originally, is very close to Butler County. That area of Butler across the river from Westmoreland County is experiencing a lot of growth, too. Like I said, that's Buffalo Township and Sarver is becoming really beautiful.

[Geeo]

I think the growth will continue in the southern tier of townships in Butler County, and also going north along the I-79 corridor. We travel north every weekend in the summer and can see it spreading further and further every year. I think the key is that there are a lot of exits along 79, so developers are building homes in close proximity to the highway.

[Merge]

I think the future (of these areas) depends on continued access to cheap oil. If gasoline increases significantly, there will be more centralization with a corresponding growth in urban areas. I think the perpetual growth that many people expect is a mirage.

[guylocke]

If gasoline increases significantly, there will be more centralization with a corresponding growth in urban areas. I think the perpetual growth that many people expect is a mirage.

I think alternative fuels will be viable before that becomes a huge issue, but you could be right.

[Tallysmom]

Originally Posted by guylocke

First of all, that was hilarious. Second of all, yep!! It does!! Lower Burrell, where I am from originally, is very close to Butler County. That area of Butler across the river from Westmoreland County is experiencing a lot of growth, too. Like I said, that's Buffalo Township and Sarver is becoming really beautiful.

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Awhile ago there was a great cool ranch house in Adams Twp for sale for 400K -- very Eichler. As long as it's not TOO "Cranberried" I might look there, too....