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Springdale is a borough in northeastern Allegheny County, about 18 miles northeast of Pittsburgh along the Allegheny River.

Springdale Borough was incorporated on October 17, 1906, when it broke away from Springdale Township, and it took its name from the local natural springs and the small valley, or dale, around them.

Before it was called Springdale — a name given in 1820 — the settlement is believed to have been known as Deertown.

Springdale earned the nickname 'Power City' because giant power stations, including plants built by West Penn Power and Duquesne Light, rose at both ends of the borough.

Springdale is the birthplace and childhood home of Rachel Carson, the marine biologist whose 1962 book Silent Spring launched the modern environmental movement; she was born there on May 27, 1907.

The Rachel Carson Homestead, her family's home on Marion Avenue overlooking the Allegheny River, is preserved today by the Rachel Carson Homestead Association.

The 2020 census counted 3,400 people in 1,608 households in Springdale, down sharply from the borough's peak population of 5,602 in 1960.

Springdale became a bustling railroad town and a hub of the coal industry in the late 1800s and early 1900s, and its riverfront hosted one of the nation's largest glue works and a plate glass factory.

The twin smokestacks of the Cheswick Generating Station dominated the Springdale skyline for decades until they were demolished on June 2, 2023.

A PPG plant in Springdale celebrated its 75th anniversary in June 2022.