Place:Slippery Rock, Butler, Pennsylvania, United States

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NameSlippery Rock
Alt namesCentrevillesource: Family History Library Catalog
Giner Hillsource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS42024841
Wesch-Ach-Ach-Apochkasource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS42024841
TypeBorough
Coordinates41.064°N 80.055°W
Located inButler, Pennsylvania, United States
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Slippery Rock is a borough in Butler County, Pennsylvania. The population was 3,081 at the 2020 census. Slippery Rock is included in the Greater Pittsburgh Region. It is home to Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, attended by nearly 9,000 students as a member of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education.

The post office for Slippery Rock Township was established in 1826 in the Ginger Hill area. The town of Ginger Hill was incorporated as a borough under the name Centreville in 1841, later changing its name to Slippery Rock in 1896.

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