| Official Name: | Alverton, Pennsylvania |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
| Pushpin Map: | Pennsylvania |
| Pushpin Label: | Alverton |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Pennsylvania |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Westmoreland |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 1099 |
| Coordinates: | 40.14°N -79.5872°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
| Postal Code: | 15612 |
| Area Codes: | 724, 878 |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 1168243 |
Alverton is an unincorporated community in East Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The community is located along Pennsylvania Route 981, west of Mount Pleasant. Alverton has a post office, with ZIP Code 15612.[1] [2]
According to historian John Boucher, the village was originally called Stonerville. A Mennonite congregation built a log meeting house there in the early 1800s, and a brick meeting house in 1841.[3]
Boucher states that Alverton was located along the "South-West Branch" of the Pennsylvania Railroad, which began at Greensburg.[4]
The village was the site of two coal mines, known as Donnelly and Mayfield, which began operations in 1878. At one point, more than three hundred people worked in those two mines. Coke ovens were also located at the site. Coking continued at Alverton until 1983.
A study published in 1994 found seven company-built houses and a former hotel, thought to date to the 1880s and 1900 respectively, still in existence, together with coke ovens of more recent vintage.[5] [6]
Alverton is where Southmoreland High School is located, as well as Southmoreland Primary Center. They are a part of the Southmoreland School District.