Jefferson Hills

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Median home price: $113,500
Population: 9,666
Factoid: Fishing hole: Peters Creek
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The flags snapping on these hillsides, flanking earth-movers and cement mixers, are brilliantly red, white and blue, and their message is as simple, optimistic and all-American as the Stars and Stripes. In this suburban boom town, the flags proclaim, "Model Open."
Jefferson Hills neighborhoodAccording to local folklore, Jefferson Hills settlers were so grateful for the help they received from the Native American nicknamed "Good Indian Peter" that they named Peters Creek after him.
Looking for new construction, big lots and wide-open Allegheny County spaces? Consider going south. More than 800 brand-new homes are part of the building boom in Jefferson Hills, 10 minutes from Century III Mall. The opening of Route 43, part of the Mon Valley/Fayette Expressway, has families flocking to West Jefferson Hills School District. Joining them are 60-somethings who like new town-home developments like Jefferson Estates and Patriot Pointe.
new construction"Where you used to go to football games at T.J.'s stadium and look out and see farms and cows, now you see new construction," says William McVicker. A lifelong resident of the area, which was originally Jefferson Borough and renamed Jefferson Hills in 1998, he sees the development firsthand as the local building inspector. "People are spreading out from older South Hills communities. There's lots of property to develop here."
New street names have joined old ones, and school enrollment is exploding. McVicker says the recent sale of three large local farms to developers has sparked the boom. Off Gill Hall Road, huge treeless tracts are dotted with bulldozers and sale signs, making room for Patriot Pointe, 58 townhouse duplexes starting around $200,000, and single-family homes starting around $280,000. More than 265 families have moved to the area since 2000. The borough's population has pushed past 9,000. The biggest local employers are the school district and Jefferson Medical Center.
Jefferson ChurchFirst settled in 1828, Jefferson Hills still honors the graves of 16 Civil War veterans from the area in three local cemeteries. The borough's open spaces also leave plenty of room for recreation. Stocked streams such as Peters Creek attract trout anglers. Alongside the creek run two sections of the popular, multi-use Montour Trail, which will soon bridge Route 51.
To accommodate the expected surge in population during the mid-1800s, churches were built in the Jefferson Hills neighborhood, including Jefferson Methodist Church.
Retailers haven't yet followed the crowds. With easy access to both Century III and South Hills Village, locals aren't demanding more shopping destinations. But they might like a few more trees.
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