Conway, Pennsylvania

Conway is a borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States, located along the Ohio River.

The area that would become Conway was first settled by former American Revolutionary War General John McKee, an Irish immigrant, around 1800 through an 800-acre grant of New Sewickley Township.

[citation needed] In 1825 McKee sold 230 acres of his land to Michael Conway, a fellow Irish American.

[4] The Conway Yard was built in 1884 by the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway, a subsidiary of the Pennsylvania Railroad.

[5] It was expanded in the early 20th century, and again in a massive effort in the 1950s, which made it the largest railway yard in the world for some time.

[citation needed] The borough was incorporated as Conway on June 3, 1902, with Addru Bepler serving as the town's first mayor.

Conway has three land borders, with Freedom and New Sewickley Township to the north, and Economy from the east to the south.

Conway Borough municipal building