LIVERMORE FORMER BOROUGH
Ghost Town — Derry Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Status: Demolished · Access: Restricted access
Dossier: https://haunthunt.com/place/livermore-former-borough-derry-township-pennsylvania/

Former borough removed during development of the Conemaugh flood-control reservoir.

Livermore Former Borough is a ghost town in Derry Township, Pennsylvania. Former borough removed during development of the Conemaugh flood-control reservoir. A transcription of 1958 Census Bureau correspondence records Livermore Borough’s dissolution for the Conemaugh flood-control project. The project reconstructs a 1951 merger into Derry Township.

Livermore is the drowned — the 'St. Patrick's' that's the '36 flood, the '18 feet' that's the water's depth. The 'rowboats' is the fled — the 'March 17' that's the evacuation's date, the 'roofs clung' that's the residents' grip. The '57 moved' is the emptied — the 'early '50s' that's the demolition's date, the 'dam built' that's the town's grave.
The 'witch cursed' is the told — the 'burned alive' that's the legend's frame, the 'flood promised' that's the curse's word. The 'cemetery moved' is the restless — the 'souls roam' that's the belief's claim, the 'above water' that's the walk's place. Livermore is the under — the 'reservoir' that's the town's now, the 'canal trail' that's the river's ghost.
The file keeps Livermore: the drowned town, the witch's curse, the moved dead, and the lake's cover.
Livermore is the archive's Pennsylvania file — the town sacrificed to save Pittsburgh.

WHY THIS FILE MATTERS
Livermore is the archive's Pennsylvania file — where the cure for flooding was drowning.
A town keeps its curse — the file's suggestion being that Livermore's hold is the ironic: the 'flood stopped' that's the dam's job, the 'town drowned' that's the method's cost, and the 'souls roam' that's the legend's keep.

HISTORY — 1 documented facts
· A transcription of 1958 Census Bureau correspondence records Livermore Borough’s dissolution for the Conemaugh flood-control project. The project reconstructs a 1951 merger into Derry Township. The town's documented rise and abandonment is the record the rest of the file stands on. The record holds it as fact — documented, not retold. '1950–1960 Census Minor Civil Division Correspondence:…' documents the entry. Documented ground is what separates this file from pure legend — this is part of it.

SOURCES — 2 cited
· 1950–1960 Census Minor Civil Division Correspondence: Westmoreland County — Local Geohistory Project
  https://www.localgeohistory.pro/en/source/1950-1960-cns-minor-civ-div-corr-westmoreland-county/
· West Penn Trail — Conemaugh Valley Conservancy
  https://www.conemaughvalleyconservancy.com/initiatives/west-penn-trail/

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