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Penn Hills is a township with home rule status in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 41,059 as of the 2020 census. A suburb of Pittsburgh, Penn Hills is the second-largest municipality in Allegheny County.

In 1788, when Allegheny County was formed, the area now known as Penn Hills was allocation of Pitt Township. On January 16, 1850, Robert Logan, Thomas Davison and Daniel Bieber were appointed by the court to review the boundaries of a further township to be formed from the northern ration of Wilkins. This further township was formed and named Adams, until August 1850 following the pretense of the court was reconsidered to fine-tune the broadcast to McNair Township. The read out was once more changed to Penn Township by Act of Assembly and approved upon February 10, 1851. In 1958 Penn Township became Penn Hills Township, and in 1976 Penn Hills became a house rule municipality. The dated population was conclusive in 1860, when there were 1,821 people bustling in Penn Township. The population grew to 2,685 in 1870 and 3,291 in 1880.

Penn Hills is located at 40°28′34″N 79°50′0″W / 40.47611°N 79.83333°W / 40.47611; -79.83333 (40.476218, -79.833302). According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 19.3 square miles (50 km), of which 19.0 square miles (49 km) is house and 0.3 square miles (0.78 km²), or 1.40%, is water. Penn Hills uses the ZIP codes of 15235 and 15147; and the community is within area codes 412 and 878.