Greene County

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Greene County is a rural county in southwestern Pennsylvania known for its Appalachian landscape, coal mining history, and small-town communities within the greater Pittsburgh region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf county
borderedBy Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Marshall County, West Virginia
Monongalia County, West Virginia
Washington County, Pennsylvania
Wetzel County, West Virginia
country United States of America
governedAs county government
hasAdministrativeType county of Pennsylvania
hasCommunityType small towns
unincorporated communities
hasCountySeat Waynesburg, Pennsylvania
hasCulturalRegion Appalachia
hasDemographicCharacteristic low population density
hasEconomicHistory coal extraction
natural gas production
hasFeature rural Appalachian communities
hasGeographicalFeature forested areas
rivers and streams
rolling hills
hasHistoricalActivity bituminous coal mining
hasHistoricalIndustry coal mining
hasJurisdiction municipalities within Greene County, Pennsylvania
hasLandscape Appalachian landscape
hasLandUse farmland
woodlands
hasLargestSettlement Waynesburg, Pennsylvania
hasPrimaryEconomicSector agriculture
energy production
hasRegionType rural county
hasRuralCharacter predominantly rural
hasTransportationConnection Interstate 79 NERFINISHED
U.S. Route 19 NERFINISHED
isInRegion Appalachian Plateau
surface form: southwestern Appalachian Plateau
isPartOf Pittsburgh region
surface form: Pittsburgh metropolitan area
knownFor coal mining history
rural character
small-town communities
locatedIn Pennsylvania
Appalachia
surface form: United States Appalachian coal region

Western Pennsylvania
surface form: southwestern Pennsylvania
locatedInMountainRange Appalachian Mountains
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
namedAfter Nathanael Greene
partOf Appalachia
surface form: Appalachian region

Pittsburgh region
surface form: Greater Pittsburgh region
stateSubdivisionOf Pennsylvania
surface form: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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Albany County borders Greene County
Pittsburgh region contains Greene County