However, some of the land encompassing what is now the Coraopolis Heights, Thorn Run valley, and Narrows Run valley were claimed through the process of “Tomahawk Improvements.” Generally, land was apportioned to owners through grants by the Pennsylvania Land Office. On the southern banks of the Ohio, political disputes clouded the ways and means of appropriate settlement. Indian settlements of the south bank of the Ohio River, such as they were at the time, typically relocated to more populous areas of the north bank in the current locales of Sewickley, Aliquippa and Ambridge.

The ceding of these lands occurred either through early treaties or outright abandonment by the Iroquois Nation – the avowed owners of the land. During the French and Indian War large parcels of southwestern Pennsylvania lands were ceded to settlers and were, in some cases, occupied by land squatters. The initial settlement of Moon Township was a direct result of the westward expansion of English settlers and traders that arrived in the Ohio Valley in the early to mid-18th century. Census 2000.] as reported in the 2000 census.

Moon is a suburb in the Pittsburgh Metro Area as it is located convert|15|mi|km|0 northwest of Pittsburgh.

The origin of township's name is unknown for certain, however, it is believed to be named after a crescent-shaped bend in the river. Moon Township is a rapidly growing suburban municipality located along the Ohio River in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

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