Incorporated: as a borough in 1928

Location: Northwestern Westmoreland County, 30 miles northeast of Downtown Pittsburgh, along the Kiskiminetas River; West Leechburg covers 1.0 square mile and is accessed primarily by Routes 256 and 356.

Population: 1,256 (estimated June 2008, U.S. Census)

Government: Mayor-council

Mayor: James J. Gallucci (D)

Secretary: Pat Grantz

Median price of a home: $89,900 after the second quarter of 2010, up from $35,000 a year earlier

Municipal phone (no website): 724-842-2653

School district: Leechburg Area, 724-845-7701, www.leechburg.k12.pa.us

History: Give an A in geography to the original town fathers. West Leechburg is, indeed, west of Leechburg, along a U curve in the Kiskiminetas. And even though the cross-river towns are in different counties -- Leechburg is in Armstrong -- they share a school district.

As with many Western Pennsylvania towns, West Leechburg has a mining history. Nearly a century ago, West Leechburg Steel & Tin Plate Company owned West Leechburg Mine, which was actually in Allegheny Township. There is a memorial to coal miners there.

Mayor Gallucci is president of the Association of Mayors of the Boroughs of Pennsylvania.

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