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Slippery Rock is a borough in Butler County, Pennsylvania. The population was 3,081 at the 2020 census. Slippery Rock is included in the Greater Pittsburgh Region. It is home to Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, attended by nearly 9,000 students as a member of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education.

The post office for Slippery Rock Township was established in 1826 in the Ginger Hill area. The town of Ginger Hill was incorporated as a borough under the name Centreville in 1841, later changing its name to Slippery Rock in 1896.

Slippery Rock borough overview:
Name:	Slippery Rock borough
LSAD Code:	21
LSAD Description:	borough (suffix)
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Butler County
Total Area:	1.65 sq mi (4.26 km²)
Land Area:	1.65 sq mi (4.26 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	3,081
Population Density:	1,872.95/sq mi (722.96/km²)
ZIP code:	16057
Area code:	724/878
FIPS code:	4271184
Website:	www.slipperyrockboroughpa.gov

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Geography

Slippery Rock is located in northwest Butler County at 41°3′49″N 80°3′18″W / 41.06361°N 80.05500°W / 41.06361; -80.05500 (41.063746, -80.055007). According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 1.7 square miles (4.3 km), all land. Slippery Rock Creek, the borough’s namesake, runs through a valley 2 miles (3 km) south of the borough.

The terrain around Slippery Rock is hilly, and the strip mining of coal has been a prominent commercial activity in the surrounding area, which is largely agricultural.