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Slippery Rock is a borough in Butler County, Pennsylvania.The population was 3,081 at the 2020 census. [4] Slippery Rock is included in the Greater Pittsburgh Region.The area is home to Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, partially in the borough limits, [5] and attended by nearly 9,000 students as a member of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education.
The unincorporated community of Doughertys Mills is in the southern part of the township, along Slippery Rock Creek, and Branchton is near the township's eastern border. According to the United States Census Bureau , the township has a total area of 25.7 square miles (66.5 km 2 ), of which 0.02 square miles (0.04 km 2 ), or 0.06%, is water.
Slippery Rock may refer to the following: Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania, a borough in Butler County; Slippery Rock Creek, a tributary of the Beaver River in Pennsylvania; Slippery Rock University, Pennsylvania, a census-designated place; Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania; Slippery Rock Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania
Slippery Rock Township is a township in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census , [ 5 ] the population was 2,913, a decline from the figure of 3,283 tabulated in 2010. [ 6 ]
PA 258 begins at an intersection with PA 108 and PA 173 in the borough of Slippery Rock in Butler County, heading northwest on two-lane undivided North Main Street. The road continues southeast from this point as a part of PA 173.
The borough includes the main settlement of West Liberty in the valley of Hogue Run but extends north as far as Slippery Rock Creek. According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 3.9 square miles (10.0 km 2), of which 0.031 square miles (0.08 km 2), or 0.77%, is water. [4]
PA 173 northbound past PA 108 in Slippery Rock. PA 173 is designated as part of Washington’s Trail between its southern terminus at PA Route 8 and Slippery Rock. [2]From the village of Stone House at PA Route 8, PA 173 heads north-northeast in Butler County about 4 miles (6.4 km) to the borough of Slippery Rock, home to Slippery Rock University.
Wolf Creek is a 24.74 mi (39.82 km) long tributary to Slippery Rock Creek that rises from Pine Swamp in Mercer County and flows south to Butler County, Pennsylvania. Wolf Creek drains the Borough of Grove City, Pennsylvania.