title: Allegheny
text: # Allegheny
  
  Allegheny, Alleghany or Allegany may refer to:
  
  ## Places
  
  ### Geologic and geographic features
  
  * Allegheny River, in Pennsylvania and New York
  * Allegheny Mountains, part of the Appalachian Mountain Range in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia
     * Allegheny Mountain (Pennsylvania), major mountain ridge in the northern part of the Allegheny Mountains
     * Little Allegheny Mountain, in Pennsylvania and Maryland; see list of mountains of the Alleghenies
     * Allegheny Mountain (West Virginia–Virginia), major mountain ridge in the southern part of the Allegheny Mountains
     * Back Allegheny Mountain, in West Virginia
  * Allegheny Plateau, which terminates in the east at the Allegheny Mountains
  * Allegheny Front, the escarpment delineating the eastern edge of the Allegheny Plateau
  * Allegheny Formation, a mapped bedrock unit of West Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania
  
  ### Counties
  
  * Allegany County, Maryland
  * Allegany County, New York
  * Alleghany County, North Carolina
  * Alleghany County, Virginia
  * Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
  
  ### Communities and townships
  
  * Alleghany, California, unincorporated community in Sierra County
  * Allegheny, Kentucky
  * Allegheny, Pennsylvania, a city annexed by the city of Pittsburgh in 1907
  * Allegheny Township, Blair County, Pennsylvania
  * Allegheny Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania
  * Allegheny Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania
  * Allegheny Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania
  * Allegheny Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania
  * Allegheny Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
  
  ### Protected areas
  
  * Allegheny National Forest, Pennsylvania
  * Allegheny National Recreation Area, Pennsylvania
  * Allegheny Wildlife Management Area, in Mineral County, West Virginia
  * High Allegheny National Park and Preserve, a proposed NPS unit in West Virginia
  
  ### Man-made features
  
  * Allegheny Cabin (Rohrbaugh Cabin), historic structure in eastern West Virginia
  * Allegheny Observatory, at the University of Pittsburgh
  * Allegheny Mountain Tunnel, a vehicular tunnel on the Pennsylvania Turnpike
  * Allegheny Reservoir, a reservoir on the Allegheny River
  * Allegheny River Tunnel, a light rail tunnel under the Allegheny River in Pittsburgh
  * Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, a former psychiatric hospital turned tourist attraction in West Virginia
  
  ### Trails
  
  * Allegheny Trail, a hiking trail in West Virginia
  * Great Allegheny Passage including parts in Maryland and Pennsylvania
  * Allegheny Highlands Trail of Maryland, a rail trail
  
  ## Rail
  
  * Allegheny (train), a passenger train operated by the Pennsylvania Railroad
  * Allegheny Railroad, a railroad operating in northwestern Pennsylvania (1985–92)
  * Allegheny station (disambiguation), stations of the name
  * Allegheny Valley Railroad, a railroad operating in Western Pennsylvania since 1992
  * Allegheny Valley Street Railway, an electric rail line operating along the Allegheny River (1906–37)
  * Allegheny class, a class of 2-6-6-6 locomotives
  
  ## Organizations
  
  * Alleghany Corp., an insurance holding company
  * Allegheny Airlines, a forerunner of US Airways
  * Allegheny College, in Meadville, Pennsylvania
  * Allegheny Energy, a public utility (including its subsidiary Allegheny Power)
  * Allegheny Foundation, a charitable organization focused on Western Pennsylvania
  * Allegheny Mountain Radio, a network of radio stations in West Virginia and Virginia
  * Allegheny Technologies, a specialty metals company
  * Allegheny (titular see), a Roman Catholic titular see
  * Pittsburgh Allegheny (International Association), a nineteenth century minor league baseball team that, at times, played under the name "Allegheny"
  
  ## Biology
  
  * Pachysandra procumbens or Allegheny pachysandra, a plant in the box family
  * Allegheny woodrat, a species of pack rat in the eastern US
  * Allegheny Mountain dusky salamander, a species of the eastern US and Canada
  * Allegheny mound ant, a species of the eastern US and Canada
  * "Allegheny alligator", nickname for the hellbender
  * Allegheny chinquapin (Castanea pumila), a species of chestnut
  