Gray Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania



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GRAY TOWNSHIP

CONTACT INFORMATION:
Kenneth Baldwin, Chairman, Board of Supervisors

Gray Township Municipal Building:
    193 Stringtown Road
    Graysville, PA 15337
    Phone — 724-428-9878
    Email — janice52@windstream.net

Graysville Volunteer Fire Department:
    To Report a Fire — 911
    For Business Calls Only — 724-428-4171

GRAY TOWNSHIP OFFICIALS: (List updated 1/17/2013)

Meeting Date: 1st Monday at 7:00 p.m. — Township Building
SUPERVISORS: Kenneth Baldwin, Chairman — 724-428-3702
Dave Bowers, Vice Chair — 724-428-4173
Janice Koss
TAX COLLECTOR: Shelley A. Walker — 724-428-3547
P.O. Box 182
Graysville, PA 15337
SECRETARY: Janice Koss — 724-428-9878 or 3856 SOLICITOR: J. William Hook — 724-627-6146
Waynesburg, PA 15370
AUDITORS: Andrew Wise — 724-428-9835
Graysville, PA 15337
Deborah Finnegan — 724-428-4857
Graysville, PA 15337
Barbara Thomas — 724-428-3431
Graysville, PA 15337
EMA COORDINATOR: Norman Earl Lewis — 724-428-4813
SEWAGE OFFICER: Timothy Neil — 724-880-0914 BUILDING PERMITS: Ken Baldwin
Board Meeting Minutes: Please contact the township office for a copy of their meeting notes.
Permits and Ordiances: Please contact the township office at 724-428-9878.
Click HERE for Gray Township's "Unconventional Gas Well Fund Usage-2012" Report. For additional information, click here


MORE ABOUT GRAY TOWNSHIP:
Gray Township was incorporated in 1932. The population was 236 at the 2000 census.

Children living in Gray Township attend schools within the West Greene School District, which includes:
  • Aleppo Elementary — 724-428-5266. Business Office — 724-499-5183
  • Graysville Elementary — 724-428-3592)
  • Spring-Freeport Elementary — 724-447-2331. Superintendent's Office — 724-499-5183
  • West Greene High School — 724-499-5191
  • West Greene Middle School — 724-499-5051
  • Greene County Career & Technology Center — 724-627-3106
Voting Precinct: is in the Graysville Firehall and Community Center located at 105 Firehall Lane, Graysville, PA 15337. For more information, contact the Greene County Elections Office at 724-852-5304.

Gray Township Coordinance: 39º56'00"N 80º22'14"W. The geography of Gray Township according to the United States Census Bureau, has a total area of 8.5 km˛ (3.3 mi˛), all land.

Deed Transfers: A deed is the document that transfers ownership of real estate. It contains the names of the old and new owners and a legal description of the property, and is signed by the person transferring the property. Property Deeds for Greene County are recorded in our Office of Register and Recorder, located in the Greene County Courthouse, Room 100, 10 East High Street, Waynesburg, PA 15370 (Phone: 724-852-5283). For more information, go to: Recorder of Deeds. Click here for deed transfers recorded within Gray Township of Greene County, Pennsylvania.

Comprehensive Plan: For information on Gray Township's Comprehensive Plan, please contact the township office. Also see the Greene County Comprehensive Plan prepared by the Department of Economic Development.


NOTABLE MENTIONED WITHIN GRAY TOWNSHIP:
  • Parks: Wayside Park in Graysville with a small open-lawn area near small stream
  • Organizations: Graysville VFC
  • Churches: Unity Presbyterian Church located on W. Roy Furman Highway in Graysville
  • Cemeteries: Gray Graveyard
  • Streams, rivers, and creeks:
  • Bailey Mine: is owned by Consol Energy, Inc. and is located in northwestern Greene County in Richhill and Gray Townships and crosses into Washington County. Coal is mined from the Pittsburgh Seam using two longwall systems and seven continuous mining machines. Continuous mining machines allow the coal to be mined in a continuous operation where one machine rips coal from the face and loads it directly into a hauling unit. Coal is transported to the surface and then processed in the Bailey Central Preparation Plant. Among the largest underground coal mines in the United States, Bailey produced 11.1 million tons of coal in 2005. (Source: County Comprehensive Plan, Ch 12, p 12-10)

PENNSYLVANIA LOCAL GOVERNMENT:
(Information Source: wikipedia.org (Wikipedia, the Free Online Encyclopedia))
Local government in Pennsylvania is a mosaic of 5,334 individual units. All were established by the State or provincial government and operate under laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Each unit is distinct and independent of other local units, although they may overlap geographically and may act together to serve the public. Gray Township is located within Greene County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 236 at the 2000 census.


INFORMATIVE LINKS:
  • Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors
  • USEPA FIPS Code for Pennsylvania = 42, Greene County = 059 (42059).
    Federal Information Processing Standards Codes for states, counties, and named populated places; are a standardized set of numeric or alphabetic codes issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to ensure uniform identification of geographic entities through all federal government agencies. The entities covered include: states and statistically equivalent entities, counties and statistically equivalent entities, named populated and related location entities (such as, places and county subdivisions), and American Indian and Alaska Native areas.
  • USGS Real-time Water Data for the Nation (surface water, ground water, and water quality)
  • Watersheds: Ohio Basin, Monongahela Subbasin (Source: www.dep.state.pa.us).
    A watershed is an area of land that drains into a lake or river. As rainwater and melting snow run downhill, they carry sediment and other materials into our streams, lakes, wetlands and groundwater (Source www.ctic.purdue.edu)
  • Hydrologic Unit Map and Hydrologic Unit Codes
  • To search for cemeteries, villages and other features within Greene County, visit the USGS Geographical Names Information System (GNIS) to determine what 7.5' topographic map(s) depict specific geographic features.
  • Pennsylvania Counties (State Archives)
  • Greene County (Pennsylvania State Archives)

For general information, please contact the Information Services at 724-852-5399 / Toll Free: 1-888-852-5399.
County Office Building, 93 E. High Street, Waynesburg, PA 15370


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