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Buena Vista, Pennsylvania

Buena Vista, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
Buena Vista is located in Pennsylvania
Buena Vista
Buena Vista
Coordinates: 40°16′38″N 79°47′57″W / 40.27722°N 79.79917°W / 40.27722; -79.79917
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyAllegheny
TownshipElizabeth
Elevation
764 ft (233 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
15018
GNIS feature ID1170594[1]

Buena Vista (/ˌbjuːnə ˈvɪstə/) is an unincorporated community in Elizabeth Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, located just outside Pittsburgh on the Youghiogheny River. The Great Allegheny Passage rail trail runs through the community. Buena Vista was laid out in 1849 by James B. McGrew for the heirs of Daniel Greenawalt.[2] For a time, it served as a mining town.[3] Like many places in the US with this name, Buena Vista was named for the 1847 Battle of Buena Vista during the Mexican–American War.[4]

Notable people to have come from Buena Vista are Veta Gallingane and former baseball players Bill Ford and Brian Holton.[5]

Demographics

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Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2023 (est.)314[6]

The United States Census Bureau defined Buena Vista as a census designated place in 2023.[7]

References

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Buena Vista, Pennsylvania
  2. ^ History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Vol. 2. Chicago: A. Warner & Co. 1889. p. 92.
  3. ^ Borsella, Cristogianni (2005). On Persecution, Identity, and Activism. ISBN 9780937832417.
  4. ^ "History of Buena Vista Furnace Historic Site". Indiana County Parks & Trails. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
  5. ^ Meyer, Paul (April 30, 1987). "Buena Vista's Holton Finally Reaches Big Time". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved June 26, 2012.
  6. ^ "B03002 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – Buena Vista CDP, Pennsylvania – 2023 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates". U.S. Census Bureau. July 1, 2023. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
  7. ^ "2023 Geography Changes". United States Census Bureau.