John M. Snowden (Democratic-Republican, Jacksonian) became Pittsburgh's third mayor
Sharpsburg became a municipality
Wexford became a municipality
Magnus Miller Murray (Jacksonian, Democrat) became Pittsburgh's 4th mayor
Tarentum became a municipality
The town of Tarentum was founded by Judge Henry Marie Brackenridge in 1829 when the Pennsylvania Canal was completed between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. Brackenridge, who owned land between Tarentum and Natrona, surveyed an area between Ross and Lock Streets.
McKees Rocks became a municipality