New Galilee, PA

New Galilee is a borough in northern Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States. The 2020 census counted 330 residents. New Galilee is a part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. The first written records tell of the coming, by horseback and on foot, of white settlers to the vicinity about 1800. The New Galilee Community Park is situated south east of the intersection of PA Route 168 and PA Route 351. The park was dedicated on July 2, 1978, by the fireman of The New Galilee Volunteer fire department. New Galilee is the birthplace of the "Gilkey" Potato.

The Gilkey Potato was first brought into Pennsylvania in 1797 by John Gilkey. Some industries have flourished in New Galilee. From 1860 to 1875 the Harmony Society operated two coal oil mills, one which was among the largest of its kind in the United States. The short version is that New Galilee carries an earlier story into the places people know and use now. That is the local read on New Galilee: its past remains attached to the places people use now.