Glen Osborne is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 590 at the 2020 census. It is a residential suburb of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area.

History

The area that now comprises the borough was first surveyed by Nathaniel Breading following the Revolutionary War. Early settlers of the area included Henry Pratt in 1786 and James Park in 1805. The area became known as "Glen Osborne", the glen referring to a Scottish term for a valley formed by a stream, and "Osborne" for local landowner Frank Osborne. By 1851, the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad was built through what was then part of Pitt and Ohio townships and a station opened in the community named "Osborne" to prevent confusion from a similarly named station. In 1883 following petitioning by local residents, the borough of Osborne was incorporated.

In 2008, borough officials led by then-mayor William P. Boswell petitioned the state to allow the renaming of the borough to Glen Osborne to reflect the name residents have been using for over one hundred years. A judge granted the name change on May 21 of that year, leading to the immediate replacement of road signs and phasing out of the old name on stationery and welcome signs in the borough.

Geography

Glen Osborne is located at (40.530892, −80.169248).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of , of which is land and , or 21.05%, is water. The borough is located on the north side of the Ohio River.

The borough is home to Mary Roberts Rinehart Nature Park, a nature park featuring trails that wind through ravine and floodplain forest and past planted pollinator gardens.

Surrounding and adjacent neighborhoods

Glen Osborne has three land borders, with the borough of Sewickley to the northwest, Aleppo Township to the north, northeast and east, and the borough of Haysville to the southeast. Across the Ohio River, Glen Osborne is adjacent with the borough of Coraopolis to the south and southeast, and Moon Township to the southwest.

Demographics

As of the 2000 census,

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! Year

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| 2020

| style="text-align:center;" |39% 157

| style="text-align:center;" |59% 237

| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1% 5

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| 2016

| style="text-align:center;" |43% 138

| style="text-align:center;" |57% 185

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| 2012

| style="text-align:center;" |52% 172

| style="text-align:center;" |47% 154

| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1% 4

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See also

  • List of cities and towns along the Ohio River

References

  • Glen Osborne Borough official website
  • Mary Roberts Rinehart Nature Park official website