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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instanceOf administrative division
county
areaCode 724
878
birthplaceOf Henry Clay Frick
borderedBy Allegheny County
surface form: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Indiana County
surface form: Indiana County, Pennsylvania

Somerset County, Pennsylvania
Fayette County, Pennsylvania
surface form: 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, United States
surface form: 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
Pittsburgh region
surface form: Southwestern Pennsylvania

Mid-Atlantic states
surface form: United States Census Bureau Mid-Atlantic division
namedAfter Westmorland, England
partOf Appalachia
surface form: Appalachian region

Pittsburgh region
surface form: Pittsburgh metropolitan area
postalAbbreviation PA
state Pennsylvania
timeZone Eastern Time Zone

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Greensburg, Pennsylvania isCountySeatOf Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Youghiogheny River flowsThrough Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Arnold Palmer Regional Airport locatedIn Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Southwestern Pennsylvania contains Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Abraham Overholt locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
West Overton locatedIn Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Washington County, Pennsylvania borderedBy Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Route 981 locatedInAdministrativeEntity Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Route 981 locatedInCounty Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Route 981 regionServed Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Butler County, Pennsylvania borderedBy Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Route 982 locatedIn Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Route 982 regionServed Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Mount Pleasant Area School District locatedIn Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Mount Pleasant Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania county Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Mount Pleasant Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania partOf Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Loyalhanna Creek flowsThrough Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Laurel Ridge State Park locatedIn Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Great Allegheny Passage passesThrough Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
William Hendricks birthPlace Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Kiskiminetas River flowsThrough Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Derry, Pennsylvania, United States county Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
subject surface form: Derry, Pennsylvania
Derry, Pennsylvania, United States locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
subject surface form: Derry, Pennsylvania
Derry, Pennsylvania, United States partOf Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
subject surface form: Derry, Pennsylvania
St. Clair Park, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, United States locatedIn Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Ligonier Valley, Pennsylvania, United States locatedInAdministrativeEntity Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
subject surface form: Ligonier Valley
Pennsylvania Route 356 connectsTo Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Route 356 passesThrough Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Laurel Mountain State Park locatedIn Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Latrobe locatedIn Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Saint Vincent Archabbey Basilica locatedIn Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania