Hays

Hays is a neighborhood in the 31st Ward of southeastern Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is represented on Pittsburgh City Council by the representative of District 5 (currently Doug Shields). It occupies ZIP codes 15227, 15207, and 15236. It is named after James H. Hays, who opened a coal-mining operation called Hays and Haberman Mines in 1828. Hays was first settled in 1789 when still part of Baldwin Township by John Smalls, who named the area Six Mile Ferry Village. The H.B. Hays and Brothers Coal Railroad was a narrow gauge railroad that ran from the coal mine along Streets Run to the coal tipple at Six Mile Ferry. The neighborhood was formerly the site of an ammunition plant, built by the U.S. Navy in 1942. The plant was transferred to...