- Carrick (Pittsburgh)
Infobox Pittsburgh neighborhood
name = Carrick
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population1990 = 11625
population2000 = 10685
latd = 40.397
longd = 79.987
area_sqmi = 1.673
zip = 15227, 15210Carrick is a
neighborhood on the south side ofPittsburgh, Pennsylvania in theUnited States . It has two zip codes of both 15227 and 15210, and has representation on Pittsburgh City Council by the council member for District 4 (South Neighborhoods).Geography
Carrick is situated atop a crest west of the
Monongahela River . It is surrounded by (clockwise from the north) Knoxville, Mt. Oliver Borough, Mt. Oliver, St. Clair, Baldwin Borough, Brentwood Borough, Overbrook, Brookline, Bon Air.Brownsville Road runs across the top of the crest and is the main thoroughfare through the neighborhood.History
Carrick was originally part of the land grant to Major John Ormsby from
King George III in 1763 for his service during theFrench and Indian War . Carrick and Mt. Oliver were once known as the Ormsby Tract or simply Ormsby. [http://www.phlf.org/spotlightonmainstreet/events/event04.html] The city of Birmingham was organized on this land by Ormsby's son in lawNathanial Bradford . [http://digital.library.pitt.edu/pittsburgh/beck/#twenty-one] It became known for coal mines and a glassworks in the Crailo area, also known as Spiketown, near the Presbyterian Church.Education
*
Carrick High School
*Concord Elementary School
*Roosevelt Elementary Schoolee also
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List of Pittsburgh neighborhoods References
Further reading
*cite book | author=Toker, Franklin | title=Pittsburgh: An Urban Portrait | location=Pittsburgh | publisher=University of Pittsburgh Press | year=1986, 1994 | id=ISBN 0-8229-5434-6
External links
* [http://www.city.pittsburgh.pa.us/cp/maps/flash.html Interactive Pittsburgh Neighborhoods Map]
* [http://www.city.pittsburgh.pa.us/district3/html/carrick.html Pittsburgh City Council District 3 Summary]
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