Official Name: | Broughton, Pennsylvania |
Other Name: | Curry |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Timezone: | EST |
Utc Offset: | −5:00 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −4:00 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Pennsylvania |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Allegheny |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | South Park |
Coordinates: | 40.33°N -79.9878°W |
Elevation Ft: | 991 |
Broughton is an unincorporated community in South Park Township, Pennsylvania, United States. Originally named Curry after Joseph Curry, a frontier physician and coroner of Allegheny County in 1810, it was renamed Broughton, to avoid confusion with the nearby Curry Hollow and the Curry in Blair County.[1] It is located at the junction of Brownsville Road, Curry Road, and Broughton Road. Broughton was racially integrated in the early 20th century, due to coal miners working nearby mines in Horning.[2] It was the location of Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Company's No. 5 mine.