Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

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Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania is a historic county in southwestern Pennsylvania known for its role in early American industrialization and as the birthplace of industrialist Henry Clay Frick.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division
county
areaCode 724
878
birthplaceOf Henry Clay Frick
borderedBy Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Indiana County, Pennsylvania
Somerset County, Pennsylvania
Washington County, Pennsylvania
West Virginia
contains Keystone State Park
Laurel Highlands
Twin Lakes Park
country United States of America
countySeat Greensburg, Pennsylvania
founded 1773
foundedBy Province of Pennsylvania
governmentType county government
hasAirport Arnold Palmer Regional Airport
hasBorough New Kensington, Pennsylvania
hasCity Greensburg, Pennsylvania
Jeannette, Pennsylvania
Latrobe, Pennsylvania
hasCourthouse Westmoreland County Courthouse
hasInstitution Saint Vincent College
Seton Hill University
hasMuseum Westmoreland Museum of American Art
hasRiver Allegheny River
Kiskiminetas River
Monongahela River
Youghiogheny River
historicSignificance early center of glass and steel manufacturing
frontier county of colonial Pennsylvania
knownFor coal mining
early American industrialization
steel industry history
legislativeBody Westmoreland County Board of Commissioners
locatedIn Pennsylvania
Southwestern Pennsylvania
United States Census Bureau Mid-Atlantic division
namedAfter Westmorland, England
partOf Appalachian region
Pittsburgh metropolitan area
postalAbbreviation PA
state Pennsylvania
timeZone Eastern Time Zone


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