# Allegheny

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**Allegheny**, **Alleghany** or **Allegany** may refer to:

## Places

### Geologic and geographic features

- [Allegheny River](/source/Allegheny_River), in Pennsylvania and New York
- [Allegheny Mountains](/source/Allegheny_Mountains), part of the Appalachian Mountain Range in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia - [Allegheny Mountain (Pennsylvania)](/source/Allegheny_Mountain_(Pennsylvania)), major mountain ridge in the northern part of the Allegheny Mountains - [Little Allegheny Mountain](/source/Little_Allegheny_Mountain), in Pennsylvania and Maryland; see [list of mountains of the Alleghenies](/source/List_of_mountains_of_the_Alleghenies) - [Allegheny Mountain (West Virginia–Virginia)](/source/Allegheny_Mountain_(West_Virginia%E2%80%93Virginia)), major mountain ridge in the southern part of the Allegheny Mountains - [Back Allegheny Mountain](/source/Back_Allegheny_Mountain), in West Virginia
- [Allegheny Plateau](/source/Allegheny_Plateau), which terminates in the east at the Allegheny Mountains
- [Allegheny Front](/source/Allegheny_Front), the escarpment delineating the eastern edge of the Allegheny Plateau
- [Allegheny Formation](/source/Allegheny_Formation), a mapped bedrock unit of West Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania

### Counties

- [Allegany County, Maryland](/source/Allegany_County,_Maryland)
- [Allegany County, New York](/source/Allegany_County,_New_York)
- [Alleghany County, North Carolina](/source/Alleghany_County,_North_Carolina)
- [Alleghany County, Virginia](/source/Alleghany_County,_Virginia)
- [Allegheny County, Pennsylvania](/source/Allegheny_County,_Pennsylvania)

### Communities and townships

- [Alleghany, California](/source/Alleghany,_California), unincorporated community in Sierra County
- [Allegheny, Kentucky](/source/Allegheny,_Kentucky)
- [Allegheny, Pennsylvania](/source/Allegheny,_Pennsylvania), a city annexed by the city of Pittsburgh in 1907
- [Allegheny Township, Blair County, Pennsylvania](/source/Allegheny_Township,_Blair_County,_Pennsylvania)
- [Allegheny Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania](/source/Allegheny_Township,_Butler_County,_Pennsylvania)
- [Allegheny Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania](/source/Allegheny_Township,_Cambria_County,_Pennsylvania)
- [Allegheny Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania](/source/Allegheny_Township,_Somerset_County,_Pennsylvania)
- [Allegheny Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania](/source/Allegheny_Township,_Venango_County,_Pennsylvania)
- [Allegheny Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania](/source/Allegheny_Township,_Westmoreland_County,_Pennsylvania)
- [Allegany, Cattaragus County, New York](/source/Allegany_(town),_New_York) - [Allegany](/source/Allegany_(village),_New_York), a village in the above town
- [Allegany, Oregon](/source/Allegany,_Oregon), an unincorporated community in Coos County
- [Allegany Township, Pennsylvania](/source/Allegany_Township,_Pennsylvania)

### Protected areas

- [Allegheny National Forest](/source/Allegheny_National_Forest), Pennsylvania
- [Allegheny National Recreation Area](/source/Allegheny_National_Recreation_Area), Pennsylvania
- [Allegheny Wildlife Management Area](/source/Allegheny_Wildlife_Management_Area), in Mineral County, West Virginia
- [High Allegheny National Park and Preserve](/source/High_Allegheny_National_Park_and_Preserve), a proposed NPS unit in West Virginia

### Man-made features

- [Allegheny Cabin](/source/Allegheny_Cabin) (Rohrbaugh Cabin), historic structure in eastern West Virginia
- [Allegheny Observatory](/source/Allegheny_Observatory), at the University of Pittsburgh
- [Allegheny Mountain Tunnel](/source/Allegheny_Mountain_Tunnel), a vehicular tunnel on the Pennsylvania Turnpike
- [Allegheny Reservoir](/source/Allegheny_Reservoir), a reservoir on the Allegheny River
- [Allegheny River Tunnel](/source/Allegheny_River_Tunnel), a light rail tunnel under the Allegheny River in Pittsburgh
- [Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum](/source/Trans-Allegheny_Lunatic_Asylum), a former psychiatric hospital turned tourist attraction in West Virginia

### Trails

- [Allegheny Trail](/source/Allegheny_Trail), a hiking trail in West Virginia
- [Great Allegheny Passage](/source/Great_Allegheny_Passage) including parts in Maryland and Pennsylvania
- [Allegheny Highlands Trail of Maryland](/source/Allegheny_Highlands_Trail_of_Maryland), a rail trail

## Rail

- [*Allegheny* (train)](/source/Allegheny_(train)), a passenger train operated by the Pennsylvania Railroad
- [Allegheny Railroad](/source/Allegheny_Railroad), a railroad operating in northwestern Pennsylvania (1985–92)
- [Allegheny station (disambiguation)](/source/Allegheny_station_(disambiguation)), stations of the name
- [Allegheny Valley Railroad (disambiguation)](/source/Allegheny_Valley_Railroad_(disambiguation)), railroads of that name
- [Allegheny Valley Street Railway](/source/Allegheny_Valley_Street_Railway), an electric rail line operating along the Allegheny River (1906–37)
- Allegheny class, a class of [2-6-6-6](/source/2-6-6-6) locomotives

## Organizations

- [Alleghany Corp.](/source/Alleghany_Corp.), an insurance holding company
- [Allegheny Airlines](/source/Allegheny_Airlines), a forerunner of US Airways
- [Allegheny College](/source/Allegheny_College), in Meadville, Pennsylvania
- [Allegheny Energy](/source/Allegheny_Energy), a public utility (including its subsidiary Allegheny Power)
- [Allegheny Foundation](/source/Allegheny_Foundation), a charitable organization focused on Western Pennsylvania
- [Allegheny Mountain Radio](/source/Allegheny_Mountain_Radio), a network of radio stations in West Virginia and Virginia
- [Allegheny Technologies](/source/Allegheny_Technologies), a specialty metals company
- [Allegheny (titular see)](/source/Allegheny_(titular_see)), a Roman Catholic titular see
- [Pittsburgh Allegheny (International Association)](/source/Pittsburgh_Allegheny_(International_Association)), a nineteenth century minor league baseball team that, at times, played under the name "Allegheny"

## Biology

- *[Pachysandra procumbens](/source/Pachysandra_procumbens)* or Allegheny pachysandra, a plant in the box family
- [Allegheny woodrat](/source/Allegheny_woodrat), a species of pack rat in the eastern US
- [Allegheny Mountain dusky salamander](/source/Allegheny_Mountain_dusky_salamander), a species of the eastern US and Canada
- [Allegheny mound ant](/source/Allegheny_mound_ant), a species of the eastern US and Canada
- "Allegheny alligator", nickname for the [hellbender](/source/Hellbender)
- [Allegheny chinquapin](/source/Allegheny_chinquapin) (*Castanea pumila*), a species of chestnut

## Other

- [Allegany Ballistics Laboratory](/source/Allegany_Ballistics_Laboratory)
- [Allegany College of Maryland](/source/Allegany_College_of_Maryland)
- [Allegany Indian Reservation](/source/Allegany_Indian_Reservation), Cattaragus County, New York
- [Allegany State Park](/source/Allegany_State_Park), Cattaragus County, New York

## See also

- [Allegany (disambiguation)](/source/Allegany_(disambiguation))

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