South Fayette Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

South Fayette Township is a township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 14,416 at the 2010 census.

History

Thorough its early history, South Fayette has been the cite of numerous conflicts between the earlier Native American residents and arriving settlers, particularly in the northern areas of the township. There are several historical relics found in South Fayette, in particular Native American stone instruments and graves.

Probably one of the first settlers of European descent came to the township sometime before 1768. Little is known of this settler, but he was of English descend and was named Miller, who settled at the mouth of Miller's run, for whom the stream is named. However, before emigrating to Kentucky, Miller sold an expansive tract of land to a land speculator named Campbell for a pair of shoes. The first permanent settler was Christopher Lesnet, a German immigrant who came from Baltimore, Maryland in 1770.