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South Fayette Township is a township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 14,416 at the 2010 census. ==History== Thorough its early history, South Fayette has been the cite of numerous conflicts between the earlier Native American residents and arriving settlers, particularly in the northern areas of the township. There are several historical relics found in South Fayette, in particular Native American stone instruments and graves. Probably one of the first settlers of European descent came to the township sometime before 1768. Little is known of this settler, but he was of English descend and was named Miller, who settled at the mouth of Miller's run, for whom the stream is named. However, before emigrating to Kentucky, Miller sold an expansive tract of land to a land speculator named Campbell for a pair of shoes.〔http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/NorthFayette/1998-04/0893814439〕 The first permanent settler was Christopher Lesnet, a German immigrant who came from Baltimore, Maryland in 1770. In 1770, George Washington is believed to have acquired of land from his neighbor John Posey in exchange for forgiveness of debt. Washington was an absentee landlord and treated the property as a land investment. Today, this parcel of land includes what is now known as the Hickory Heights community〔Hickory Heights, Pennsylvania〕 and it is located in the southwest corner of the township. Originally, South Fayette and North Fayette Township were known as Fayette Township in honor of General Lafayette. However, in 1842, Fayette township was separated into North and South Fayette townships. Following the creation of Collier Township in 1875, South Fayette Township territorial limits as stand today are formed by the Washington County line, Robinson's Run, Coal Run and Chartiers Creek. Today, South Fayette is a fast-growing community〔http://pittsburgh.about.com/od/neighborhoods/f/fast_growing.htm〕 benefiting from its proximity to Downtown Pittsburgh, Southpointe, Pittsburgh International Airport and Robinson commercial district as well as its highly ranked school district.〔http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2013/04/05/honorrollrank2013.html〕〔http://triblive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/education/s_787193.html#axzz2qkPEqSHl〕 In 2013, South Fayette was nominated as the best Pittsburgh suburb to raise a family in a regional survey.〔http://www.heartlandluxuryhomes.com/heartland_today/2013/10/best-suburb-pittsburgh-families/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「South Fayette Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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