What is "chartiers"

Chartiers (sometimes called Chartiers City) is a neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's west area. It has a zip code of 15204, and has representation on Pittsburgh City Council by the council member for District 2 (West Neighborhoods). The township was named after Peter Chartier, a trapper of French and Native American parentage who established a trading post at the mouth of Chartiers Creek in 1743.

Chartiers may refer to the following places in Pennsylvania:

• Chartiers Creek, a tributary of the Ohio River
  • Little Chartiers Creek, a tributary of Chartiers Creek
  • Chartiers Run (Chartiers Creek), a tributary of Chartiers Creek
  • Chartiers Branch, of the Pennsylvania Railroad, followed Chartiers Creek
• Chartiers Run (Allegheny River), a tributary of the Allegheny River
• Chartier's Old Town, a former trading post named after Pierre Chartiers; was sited on present-day Tarentum, Pennsylvania
• Chartiers Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania
• Chartiers-Houston School District, serves an area of Washington County, Pennsylvania
  • Chartiers Houston High School, in the above school district
• Chartiers (Pittsburgh), a neighborhood in Pittsburgh
• Chartiers Valley School District, serves an area southwest of Pittsburgh
  • Chartiers Valley High School, in the above school district