Brackenridge, Pennsylvania

{{Short description|Borough in Pennsylvania, US}}

{{other uses|Brackenridge (disambiguation)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

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| image_skyline = Allegheny Ludlum Brackenridge Works.jpg

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| image_caption = Brackenridge Works along Mile Lock Lane at Vermont Avenue in Brackenridge

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| etymology = Henry Marie Brackenridge

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| image_map = Allegheny County Pennsylvania incorporated and unincorporated areas Brackenridge highlighted.svg

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| established_date = September 21, 1901

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| postal_code = 15014

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| website = {{URL|www.brackenridgeboro.com}}

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Brackenridge is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, located along the Allegheny River. It is part of the Greater Pittsburgh metropolitan area.

The town is named for Henry Marie Brackenridge.{{cite web|title=History|url=https://www.brackenridgeboro.com/history.html|website=Brackenridge Borough|access-date=6 June 2017|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161226125159/https://www.brackenridgeboro.com/history.html|archive-date=26 December 2016|url-status=dead}} The borough once had glass factories. An Allegheny Technologies steel mill, Allegheny Ludlum Brackenridge Works,{{cite web|url=http://www.alleghenyludlum.com/ludlum/pages/facilities/Brackenridge.asp?qdirections=|title=Process and Plant Capabilities—Brackenridge, PA|access-date=2009-03-29}} plays a prominent role in the community, although most of the facility is located in Harrison Township.

The borough's population stood at 3,421 in 1910 and at 6,400 in 1940. As of the 2020 census, it was 3,240.{{cite web | url=https://data.census.gov/all?q=Brackenridge+borough,+Pennsylvania | title=Explore Census Data }}