Map of Whitehall borough, Pennsylvania

Whitehall is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. The population was 15,064 at the 2020 census, an increase of 1,120 since the 2010 census.

Whitehall borough overview:
Name:	Whitehall borough
LSAD Code:	21
LSAD Description:	borough (suffix)
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Allegheny County
Incorporated:	1948
Total Area:	3.33 sq mi (8.61 km²)
Land Area:	3.33 sq mi (8.61 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	15,064
Population Density:	4,530.53/sq mi (1,748.99/km²)
Area code:	412
FIPS code:	4284512
GNISfeature ID:	1214840
Website:	www.whitehallboro.org

Online Interactive Map

Click on to view map in "full screen" mode.

Whitehall online map. Source: Basemap layers from Google Map, Open Street Map (OSM), Arcgisonline, Wmflabs. Boundary Data from Database of Global Administrative Areas.

Whitehall location map. Where is Whitehall borough?

Whitehall location on the U.S. Map. Where is Whitehall borough. — Whitehall location on the U.S. Map.

Whitehall location on the Pennsylvania map. Where is Whitehall borough. — Location of Whitehall in Pennsylvania.

History

Whitehall is probably named after Silas D. Prior’s tavern on Brownsville Road, which was renamed White Hall in the 1850s. The building is still in existence, but is in Brentwood. Another possible source of the borough’s name is that the area, which used to be located within the township of Baldwin, was known as Whitehall Driving Park.

In 1946, residents of Baldwin Township’s fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh wards began the process of secession. A petition was filed on October 14, 1946, in the Quarterly Sessions of Allegheny County, with 1320 signatures out of the 1627 freeholders in the proposed borough. In response to this, Baldwin Township officials called an emergency meeting to file a petition to have Baldwin Township incorporated into a borough, as it is much more difficult to secede from a borough than from a township. On January 5, 1948, Whitehall separated from Baldwin Township to become an independent municipality. According to former mayor Edwin F. Brennan, residents of Whitehall wanted better services and zoning than they received under the jurisdiction of the township.