Our Communities
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Island Heights (Speer Plan), only accessible through Kennedy Township, located on a slope overlooking Neville Island. Speer Plan was farmland owned and operated by the Speer Family Farm. In the late 1800's a couple homes were starting to be developed and continued into the early 1900's, with the streets being named after the Speer Family. In the mid to late 1960's the second subdivision construction of homes started to be built which was now William Circle and Homer Circle which now is all known as Island Heights.
Pittock, very small Italian neighborhood located just off PA 51 Northbound, before the Fleming Park Bridge. Back in the day, Pittock had their own Post Office, (Pittock, Pa.) established in 1902, and didn't have zip codes. Zip codes were not introduced in the United States until 1963 when it was given the zip code of 15136. It was closed and combined with McKees Rocks Post Office, 15136. Historically, mail would have been routed through the post office without a numeric zip code, relying instead on the town and county designation.
West Park, a mixed residential and commercial neighborhood, where the majority of the buildings were built in the 1920s. The Sto-Rox High School at Valley Street and Russellwood Avenue was the Stowe High School before the merger, along with two elementary school buildings at Russellwood Avenue and Dohrman Street know as Foster School and West Park School.
Pleasant Ridge, a mixed-income housing development that is assessable from McCoy Road.
Presston, a very small neighborhood of duplex townhomes, originally built as housing for the adjacent Pressed Steel Car Company.
Norwood, a small, older neighborhood of small, mostly 2 story homes. This section of Stowe Township is inhabited by many families that are 2nd and 3rd generation Italian. Known now at the corner of Harlem Avenue and Spencer Way is Norwood Park, it was the former site of the Stowe School District (Norwood Elementary School)
Palm Acres, is residential neighborhood located in Kennedy Township, two streets which is accessible off McCoy Road or Ewing Road are part of Stowe Township, that being Thorncrest Drive and Barbara Drive.
Hanover Height, also referred to as the Fenton School Area because Stowe School District had an elementary school at the top of the hill. This plan of homes run off McCoy Road either thru Main Street, Elizabeth Avenue, Hillcrest Avenue or Hester Avenue.