West View, Pennsylvania

West View is located at (40.518368, −80.033645). According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of , all land. Climate == History ==

West View was first incorporated on March 20, 1905. In the early 1900s, the Allegheny-Bellevue Land Company began acquiring land in Ross Township in order to build houses. Land developer Frederick Christian Martsolf was particularly enamored by the area, so working with the Allegheny-Bellevue Land Company, he was able to incorporate 640 acres of land right in the middle of Ross Township into West View Borough. West View held its first election on May 16, 1905, with Martsolf being elected the first president of the Borough Council on May 24, 1905. It is said that the name "West View" came from pioneers who, traveling north out of Pittsburgh on the Venango Trail, appreciated the view to the west. The Venango Trail was a trail that Native Americans had used for centuries by the time European settlers arrived. The trail began in Pittsburgh and went north, eventually ending in Erie, PA. Present-day U.S. Route 19, which goes right through the heart of West View, closely follows the path of the original Venango Trail. ==Demographics==

As of the 2020 census, there were 6,685 people and 2,806 households, and residing in the borough. The population density was . The racial makeup of the borough was 90.6% White, 2.9% African American, 0.4% Asian, 4.0% Hispanic or Latino, and 5.1% from two or more races. There were 2,806 households, with the persons per household being 2.37. The median income for a household in the borough was $75,054. The per capita income for the borough was $38,565. About 6.6% of the population were below the poverty line. ==Government and politics==

Council members [2017-2019] Democrats-6 (Schellhaus, Kircher, Borio, Aguglia, Steele, Mikec), Unknown party-1 (Miller), Republicans-0 ==Education==

West View, along with neighboring (and surrounding) Ross Township, is served by the North Hills School District. ==West View Park==

From 1906 to 1977, West View was home to one of the most remembered Pittsburgh amusement parks, West View Park. West View Park was conceived by Theodore Marshall Harton II. In 1905, Harton entered into a 10-year lease with the Allegheny-Bellevue Land Company for 18.42 acres in the recently established Borough of West View. Conveniently situated at the end of the Bellevue/West View trolley line, West View Park first opened on May 23, 1906. ==References==