Westmoreland County is a

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in the

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, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 364,663. The

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is Greensburg. Formed from, successively, Lancaster,

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, and later

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counties, Westmoreland County was founded on February 26, 1773, and was the first county in the colony of Pennsylvania whose entire territorial boundary was located west of the

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. Westmoreland County originally included the present-day counties of Fayette,

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, Greene, and parts of

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, Allegheny,

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, and

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counties. It is named after

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, a historic county of

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. Westmoreland County is included in the Pittsburgh Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History

Formed from Lancaster, Northumberland, and later Bedford counties, Westmoreland County was founded on February 26, 1773, and was the first county in the Pennsylvania colony whose entire territorial boundary was located west of the Allegheny Mountains. Westmoreland County originally included the present-day counties of Fayette, Washington, Greene, and parts of Beaver, Allegheny, Indiana, and Armstrong counties. It is named after Westmorland, a historic county of England.

Geography

According to the

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, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.8%) is water. Westmoreland has a

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(''Dfa''/''Dfb''). Average monthly temperatures in Greensburg range from 28.7 °F in January to 71.8 °F in July, while in Murrysville they range from 29.4 °F in January to 73.1 °F in July, in Latrobe they range from 28.9 °F in January to 72.0 °F in July, and in Ligonier they range from 28.1 °F in January to 71.1 °F in July.

Adjacent counties

* Armstrong County (north) *

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(northeast) *

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(east) * Somerset County (southeast) * Fayette County (south) * Washington County (southwest) * Allegheny County (west) * Butler County (northwest)

Major highways

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Demographics

At the 2010 census, there were 365,169 people, 153,650 households and 101,928 families residing in the county. The

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was 355.4 per square mile (137.2/km²). There were 168,199 housing units at an average density of 163.7 per square mile (63.2/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 95.3%

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, 2.3%

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, 0.1% Native American, 0.7%

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, 0.03%

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, 0.2% from

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, and 1.2% from two or more races. 0.9% of the population were

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of any race. There were 153,650 households, of which 24.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.2% were married couples living together, 10.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.7% were non-families. 29.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.32, and the average family size was 2.86. 22.3% of the population were under 18, 5.1% from 18 to 24, 22.4% from 25 to 44, 31.3% from 45 to 64, and 18.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45.1 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.3 males.

2020 Census

Politics and government

As of November 7, 2022, there are 248,459 registered voters in Westmoreland County. *

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: 122,519 (49.31%) * Democratic: 95,325 (38.37%) *

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: 20,063 (8.07%) * Minor parties: 10,552 (4.25%) The Democratic Party historically dominated county-level politics between the

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realignment and the turn of the century; however, Westmoreland has trended Republican at the national and statewide levels in the 21st century (in direct lockstep with most other

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n counties). In 2000, Republican George W. Bush became the first Republican to carry the county since 1972, and Republicans have carried the county in every election since, increasing the margin of victory in every successive election until 2020. Democratic Governor

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lost Westmoreland in both 2002 and 2006. In 2008, Republican Tim Krieger picked up the 57th House district left open by the retirement of Democratic state representative Tom Tangretti. In 2010, both

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and

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won Westmoreland in their statewide bids. Also, the GOP gained control of two more State House districts, the 54th with Eli Evankovich and the 56th with George Dunbar. In 2011, the Republican Party swept all county row offices. A Democratic resurgence in 2015 gave that party a majority of the county commissioners. However, in the 2019 elections, Democratic elected officials lost that majority and carried only one row office. As of

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, the only majority-Dem cities within the county are Arnold and Monessen.

Presidential elections

County commissioners

* Sean Kertes, Chairman, Republican * Gina Cerilli, Democratic * Doug Chew, Republican

Other county officials

* Clerk of Courts, Megan Loughner, Republican * Controller, Jeff Balzer, Republican * Coroner, Tim Carson, Republican * District Attorney, Nicole Ziccarelli, Republican * Prothonotary, Gina O'Barto, Republican * Recorder of Deeds, Frank Schiefer, Republican * Register of Wills, Sherry Magretti-Hamilton, Republican * Sheriff, James Albert, Sheriff, Republican * Treasurer, Jared M Squires, Republican

State House of Representatives

State Senate

United States House of Representatives

United States Senate

Education

Public school districts

School districts: * Belle Vernon Area School District (Also in Fayette County) *

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(Also in Indiana County) *

Burrell School District The Burrell School District is a small, rural, public school district located in northern Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. The District is northeast of Pittsburgh. The Burrell School District serves the City of Lower Burrell and Upper Burr ...

* Derry Area School District * Franklin Regional School District *

Greater Latrobe School District Greater Latrobe School District is a midsized, suburban public school district in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. The city of Latrobe and the borough of Youngstown as well as Unity Township are within district boundaries. Greater Latrobe S ...

Greensburg-Salem School District The Greensburg-Salem School District is a public school district in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania Westmoreland County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 364,663. T ...

* Hempfield Area School District *

Jeannette City School District The Jeannette City School District is a small urban school district in Southwestern Pennsylvania. It is located in Westmoreland County and is surrounded by the Penn-Trafford and Hempfield Area School Districts. The district consists of two sc ...

Kiski Area School District The Kiski Area School District is a large, suburban/rural public school district located in Westmoreland County Pennsylvania. The district encompasses approximately and consists of nine municipalities in Armstrong and Westmoreland counties, ...

(Also in Armstrong County) * Leechburg Area School District (Also in Armstrong County) * Ligonier Valley School District *

Monessen City School District Monessen City School District is a tiny, urban, public school district operating in southwestern Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. It serves the city of Monessen, Pennsylvania. The School District of the City of Monessen encompasses approximat ...

Mount Pleasant Area School District Mount Pleasant School District is a public school district in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. The district encompasses the southeastern portion of the county. The boroughs of Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania, Mount Pleasant and Donegal, Pennsylv ...

* New Kensington–Arnold School District *

Norwin School District The Norwin School District is a large, suburban public school district. It is located in western Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States of America. A tiny portion of the district extends into Allegheny County. Norwin School District ...

Penn-Trafford School District The Penn-Trafford School District is a public school district that serves western Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania and a small portion of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. The district is governed by a locally elected, nine member school board wh ...

(also in Allegheny County) *

Southmoreland School District Southmoreland School District is a small, suburban public school district located in northern Fayette County, Pennsylvania and southern Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. The boroughs of Scottdale and Everson, as well as the townships of East ...

(also in Fayette County) *

Yough School District Yough School District is a midsized, rural public school district in southwestern Pennsylvania in Westmoreland County. It serves West Newton, Herminie, Smithton, Sutersville, Madison Madison may refer to: People * Madison (name), a given ...

Public charter schools

* Dr. Robert Ketterer Charter School grades 7th through 12th Latrobe (since 2008) According to EdNA

Private high school

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Colleges and universities

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Seton Hill University Seton Hill University is a private Catholic university in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. Formerly a women's college, it became a coeducational university in 2002 and enrolls about 2,200 students. History The school was founded in 1885 by the Sist ...

Saint Vincent College Saint Vincent College is a private Benedictine college in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1846 by Boniface Wimmer, a monk from Bavaria, it is operated by the Benedictine monks of Saint Vincent Archabbey, the first Benedictine monastery in the ...

Westmoreland County Community College Westmoreland County Community College is a public community college in Youngwood, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1970 during an era of community college proliferation within the state. Its location on the suburban fringe was designed to attract ...

University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg The University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg (Pitt-Greensburg or UPG) is a state-related liberal arts college in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. It is a baccalaureate degree-granting regional campus of the University of Pittsburgh. Opened in 1963, Pitt ...

* Carlow College at Greensbur] * Triangle Tech

Additional

* Northern Westmoreland Career and Technology Center

Economy

Coal mining became a major industry in the county after the Civil War, followed by expansion of manufacturing of iron, steel and glass. The 600-acre coke works for the

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were built in Cokeville (then Coketown) in Spring of 1872. At one point, company "coal patches" (towns built for miners) represented about one-third of the county's settlements. A major strike by coal miners represented by the United Mine Workers of America took place in 1910–1911. Sixteen people were killed in the strike. In 2020 the top industries in the county were health care and social services (16.3% of jobs), manufacturing (13.8%) and retail trade (13.7%). Mining comprised less than 1% of the jobs in the county. Westmoreland County is now believed to be the site of over 100 abandoned mines. Volkswagen's Westmoreland plant near

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in Westmoreland County was the first foreign-owned factory mass-producing automobiles in the U.S. It operated from 1978 to 1988.

Recreation

There are four Pennsylvania state parks in Westmoreland County. * Keystone State Park *

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Laurel Summit State Park Laurel Summit State Park is a Pennsylvania state park in Cook Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania in the United States. It is also a picnic area with a scenic view of Linn Run on the summit of Laurel Mountain. The temperatures at Lau ...

* Linn Run State Park

Communities

Under Pennsylvania law, there are four types of incorporated municipalities:

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, and, in at most two cases,

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. The following cities, boroughs and townships are located in Westmoreland County:

Cities

* Arnold * Greensburg (county seat) * Jeannette * Latrobe * Lower Burrell * Monessen *

New Kensington New Kensington, known locally as New Ken, is a city in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. It is situated along the Allegheny River, northeast of Pittsburgh. The population was 12,170 at the 2010 census. History Like much of Westmoreland Co ...

Boroughs

* Adamsburg * Arona * Avonmore * Bolivar * Delmont * Derry * Donegal * East Vandergrift *

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* Hunker *

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* Laurel Mountain * Ligonier *

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* Manor, Pennsylvania, Manor * Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania, Mount Pleasant * Municipality of Murrysville, Pennsylvania, Murrysville * New Alexandria, Pennsylvania, New Alexandria * New Florence, Pennsylvania, New Florence *

* North Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania, North Belle Vernon * North Irwin, Pennsylvania, North Irwin * Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Oklahoma * Penn, Pennsylvania, Penn * Scottdale, Pennsylvania, Scottdale * Seward, Pennsylvania, Seward * Smithton, Pennsylvania, Smithton * South Greensburg, Pennsylvania, South Greensburg * Southwest Greensburg, Pennsylvania, Southwest Greensburg * Sutersville, Pennsylvania, Sutersville * Trafford, Pennsylvania, Trafford (partly in Allegheny County) * Vandergrift, Pennsylvania, Vandergrift * West Leechburg, Pennsylvania, West Leechburg * West Newton, Pennsylvania, West Newton * Youngstown, Pennsylvania, Youngstown * Youngwood, Pennsylvania, Youngwood

Townships

* Allegheny Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Allegheny * Bell Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Bell * Cook Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Cook * Derry Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Derry * Donegal Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Donegal * East Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, East Huntingdon * Fairfield Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Fairfield * Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Hempfield * Ligonier Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Ligonier * Loyalhanna Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Loyalhanna * Mount Pleasant Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Mount Pleasant * North Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, North Huntingdon * Penn Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Penn * Rostraver Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Rostraver * St. Clair Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, St. Clair * Salem Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Salem * Sewickley Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Sewickley * South Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, South Huntingdon * Unity Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Unity * Upper Burrell Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Upper Burrell * Washington Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Washington

Census-designated places

Census-designated places are geographical areas designated by the

for the purposes of compiling demographic data. They are not actual jurisdictions under Pennsylvania law. Other unincorporated area, unincorporated communities, such as villages, may be listed here as well. * Bradenville, Pennsylvania, Bradenville * Calumet, Pennsylvania, Calumet * Collinsburg, Pennsylvania, Collinsburg * Crabtree, Pennsylvania, Crabtree * Fellsburg, Pennsylvania, Fellsburg * Grapeville, Pennsylvania, Grapeville * Harrison City, Pennsylvania, Harrison City * Herminie, Pennsylvania, Herminie * Hostetter, Pennsylvania, Hostetter * Lawson Heights, Pennsylvania, Lawson Heights * Level Green, Pennsylvania, Level Green * Loyalhanna, Pennsylvania, Loyalhanna * Lynnwood-Pricedale, Pennsylvania, Lynnwood Pricedale * Mammoth, Pennsylvania, Mammoth * Millwood, Pennsylvania, Millwood * Norvelt, Pennsylvania, Norvelt * St. Vincent College, Pennsylvania, St. Vincent College * Slickville, Pennsylvania, Slickville * Webster, Pennsylvania, Webster * Wyano, Pennsylvania, Wyano * Yukon, Pennsylvania, Yukon

Unincorporated communities

* Acme, Pennsylvania, Acme * Alverton, Pennsylvania, Alverton * Ardara, Pennsylvania, Ardara * Armbrust, Pennsylvania, Armbrust * Baggaley, Pennsylvania, Baggaley * Bessemer, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Bessemer * Blackstone, Pennsylvania, Blackstone * Boquet, Pennsylvania, Boquet * Bovard, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Bovard * Brenizer, Pennsylvania, Brenizer * Carbon, Pennsylvania, Carbon * Claridge, Pennsylvania, Claridge * Forbes Road, Pennsylvania, Forbes Road * Greenwald, Pennsylvania, Greenwald * Hannastown, Pennsylvania, Hannastown * Hopewell, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Hopewell * Hutchinson, Pennsylvania, Hutchinson * Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania, Jacobs Creek * Jones Mills, Pennsylvania, Jones Mills * Kecksburg, Pennsylvania, Kecksburg * Larimer, Pennsylvania, Larimer * Laughlintown, Pennsylvania, Laughlintown * Lloydsville, Pennsylvania, Lloydsville * Lowber, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Lowber * Luxor, Pennsylvania, Luxor * Marguerite, Pennsylvania, Marguerite * Morewood, Pennsylvania, Morewood * Moween, Pennsylvania, Moween * New Derry, Pennsylvania, New Derry * Pandora, Pennsylvania, Pandora * Peanut, Pennsylvania, Peanut * Pleasant Unity, Pennsylvania, Pleasant Unity * Reagantown, Pennsylvania, Reagantown * Rector, Pennsylvania, Rector * Reduction, Pennsylvania, Reduction * Ruffs Dale, Pennsylvania, Ruffs Dale * Salina, Pennsylvania, Salina * Scab Hill, Pennsylvania, Scab Hill * Seger, Pennsylvania, Seger * Southwest, Pennsylvania, Southwest * Stahlstown, Pennsylvania, Stahlstown * Standard Shaft, Pennsylvania, Standard Shaft * Tarrs, Pennsylvania, Tarrs * Torrance, Pennsylvania, Torrance * Trauger, Pennsylvania, Trauger * Turkeytown, Pennsylvania, Turkeytown * United, Pennsylvania, United * Wendel, Pennsylvania, Wendel * Westmoreland City, Pennsylvania, Westmoreland City * Whitney, Pennsylvania, Whitney * Yohoghany, Pennsylvania, Yohoghany

Former community

* Franklin Township - now known as Murrysville, Pennsylvania

Population ranking

The population ranking of the following table is based on the 2010 United States census, 2010 census of Westmoreland County. † ''county seat''

Notable people

* David Alter, born in Westmoreland County, noted inventor * Pete Babando, former NHL Hockey player, played for 1950 Stanley Cup champions Detroit Red Wings, born in Braeburn neighborhood of the City of Lower Burrell. * George Blanda, Pro Football Hall of Fame, Hall of Fame football player, born in Youngwood, Pennsylvania, Youngwood. * D.J. Coffman, comic book artist and writer, creator of Hero By Night. Born in Mt. Pleasant. Resides in Scottdale. * Johnny Costa, jazz pianist, was born and raised in Arnold. * Jesse Root Grant, (father of Ulysses S. Grant General and President) born in Greensburg. * Shirley Jones, Academy Award-winning actress and singer, grew up in Smithton, Pennsylvania, Smithton. * Sheila Kelley (American actress), Sheila Kelley, American actor, born and raised in Greensburg, Pa. Founder of Sheila Kelley S Factor exercise and lifestyle program. * Bill Mazeroski, National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Hall of Fame baseball player * Michael Moorer, boxer * Arnold Palmer, golfer, was born and raised in Latrobe. * Terrelle Pryor NFL quarterback, attended Jeannette high school. * Fred Rogers, television personality, was born, raised, and lived in Latrobe; buried in Unity Cemetery, Unity Township just outside Latrobe. * Arthur St. Clair, American Revolution Major General, Patriot, 9th President of the Continental Congress, buried in Greensburg, Pa. * Willie Thrower, football player, was born and raised in New Kensington. * James C. White, Jim White, KMOX radio talk show host, born and raised in Greensburg, Pa. * Jacob Zimmerman (born 1831), newspaper editor, newspaper owner, Illinois politician, mine owner, real estate entrepreneur, and businessman.

References

External links

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