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Hookstown is a small borough in western Beaver County, Pennsylvania, and is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area.

Hookstown was settled in 1797 and incorporated as a borough in 1843.

Hookstown was named after Matthias Hook, an early pioneer and Revolutionary War soldier, whose descendants through the McCormick and Griffey families still live in the area.

Hookstown had 129 residents at the 2020 census, down from a peak of 308 people back in 1880.

Hookstown covers only 0.14 square miles of land and is completely surrounded by Greene Township.

Pennsylvania Route 168 runs through Hookstown, leading northeast about 3 miles to the Ohio River borough of Shippingport.

In the 2000 census, Hookstown's 152 residents lived in just 66 households, giving the borough an average household size of about 2.3 people.

Little Blue Run Lake, the largest coal slurry waste impoundment in the United States, was built in 1975 directly west of Hookstown and has drawn environmental complaints from surrounding communities.

Children in Hookstown are served by the South Side Area School District, attending South Side Elementary School, South Side Middle School, and South Side High School.

Hookstown was the birthplace of Robert Justice.