Allegheny
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Allegheny or Alleghany may refer to:
Geologic and geographic features
- Allegheny River, in Pennsylvania and New York
- Allegheny Mountains, part of the Appalachian Mountain Range in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia
- Allegheny Mountain (Pennsylvania), major mountain ridge in the northern part of the Allegheny Mountains
- Little Allegheny Mountain, in Pennsylvania and Maryland, see list of mountains of the Alleghenies
- Allegheny Mountain (West Virginia – Virginia), major mountain ridge in the southern part of the Allegheny Mountains
- Back Allegheny Mountain, in West Virginia
- Allegheny Plateau, which terminates in the east at the Allegheny Mountains
- Allegheny Front, the escarpment delineating the eastern edge of the Allegheny Plateau and Mountains, separating them from the lower Ridge and Valley Appalachians
- Allegheny Formation, a mapped bedrock unit of West Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania
Counties
Communities and townships
- Alleghany, California, unincorporated community in Sierra County
- Allegheny, Kentucky
- Allegheny, Pennsylvania, a city annexed by the city of Pittsburgh in 1907
- Allegheny Township, Blair County, Pennsylvania
- Allegheny Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania
- Allegheny Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania
- Allegheny Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania
- Allegheny Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania
- Allegheny Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Protected areas
- Allegheny National Forest, Pennsylvania
- Allegheny National Recreation Area, Pennsylvania
- Allegheny Wildlife Management Area, in Mineral County, West Virginia
- High Allegheny National Park and Preserve, a proposed NPS unit in West Virginia
Public works
- Allegheny Mountain Tunnel, a vehicular tunnel on the Pennsylvania Turnpike
- Allegheny Reservoir, a reservoir on the Allegheny River
- Allegheny River Tunnel, a light rail tunnel under the Allegheny River in Pittsburgh
- Allegheny Observatory, at the University of Pittsburgh
Trails
- Allegheny Trail, a hiking trail in West Virginia
- Great Allegheny Passage including parts in Maryland and Pennsylvania
- Allegheny Highlands Trail of Maryland, a rail trail
Rail
- Allegheny (train), a passenger train operated by the Pennsylvania Railroad
- Allegheny Railroad, a railroad operating in northwestern Pennsylvania (1985–92)
- Allegheny station (disambiguation), stations of the name
- Allegheny Valley Railroad, a railroad operating in Western Pennsylvania since 1992
- Allegheny Valley Street Railway, an electric rail line operating along the Allegheny River (1906–37)
- Allegheny class, a class of 2-6-6-6 locomotives
Organizations
- Alleghany Corp., a railroad holding company
- Allegheny Airlines, a forerunner of US Airways
- Allegheny College, in Meadville, Pennsylvania
- Allegheny Energy, a public utility (including its subsidiary Allegheny Power)
- Allegheny Foundation, a charitable organization focused on Western Pennsylvania
- Allegheny Mountain Radio, a network of radio stations in West Virginia and Virginia
- Allegheny Technologies, a specialty metals company
- Allegheny (titular see), a Roman Catholic titular see
- Pittsburgh Allegheny (International Association), a nineteenth century minor league baseball team that, at times, played at under the name "Allegheny"
Biology
- Pachysandra procumbens or Allegheny pachysandra, a plant in the box family
- Allegheny woodrat, a species of pack rat in the eastern United States
- Allegheny Mountain dusky salamander, a species of the eastern United States and Canada
- Allegheny mound ant, a species of the eastern United States and Canada
- "Allegheny alligator", nickname for the hellbender
- Allegheny chinquapin (Castanea pumila), a species of chestnut
Other
- Allegheny Cabin (Rohrbaugh Cabin), historic structure in eastern West Virginia
See also
- All pages beginning with "Allegheny"
- All pages beginning with "Alleghany"
- Allegany (disambiguation)
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