  ross township is a township of the first class in allegheny county, pennsylvania, united states. the population was 31,105 at the 2010 census. in september 2007, ross township adopted the strong mayor/weak council form of government allowed by pennsylvania statutes for townships of its class. the township is part of the north hills school district and participates in the multi-municipality northland public library. ==history== on june 26, 1809, john mcknight, along with 30 other residents of pine township petitioned the courts of allegheny for the formation of a new township. in the november term, permission was granted and ross township was born. it was so called ross after a prominent pittsburgh attorney james ross. he represented western pennsylv
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