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Pennsylvania Counties
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Pennsylvania Counties
There are sixty-seven counties of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the United States of
America. The city of Philadelphia is coterminous with Philadelphia County, and governmental functions have been
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Greene County, Pennsylvania
Greene County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Waynesburg
Year Organized: 1796
Square Miles: 576 |
Court House: 93 E. High Street
County Office Building
Waynesburg, PA 15370-1839
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Named for Major General Anthony Wayne, was laid out in 1796
Demographics:
County QuickFacts:
Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
Created on February 9, 1796, from
part of Washington County and named for General Nathanael Greene. Waynesburg,
the county seat, named for Major General Anthony Wayne, was laid out in 1796 and
incorporated as a borough on January 29, 1816.
First permanent settlement is believed to have been the Swan-VanMeter-Hughes
party from Virginia, in 1767. Once the Indian hostility and Whiskey Rebellion
problems had passed, this county was formed in order to benefit small farmers.
Beginning with the Merino Sheep bonanza of the 1820s, wool became a major
product. Although overshadowed by production elsewhere in the world, Greene
still leads other Pennsylvania counties in sheep (occasionally challenged by
Washington County). When the Monongahela River slackwater system reached Rice's
Landing in 1857, it became easier to market products. Bituminous coal mining
began in 1902; in recent years this been Pennsylvania's highest producing
county, nearly all from subsurface mines. Natural gas was also found in
abundance. Forty percent of the land is in farms, although cash receipts from
agriculture are low. The tradition that it rains somewhere in the county every
July 29 is a popular myth begun by a local pharmacist. Home of Governor Edward
Martin.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 578 square miles (1,497 kmē), of which, 576
square miles (1,491 kmē) of it is land and 2 square miles (5 kmē) of it (0.36%) is water.
Neighboring Counties:
- Washington County (north)
- Fayette County (east)
- Monongalia County, West Virginia (south)
- Wetzel County, West Virginia (southwest)
- Marshall County, West Virginia (west)
Cities and Towns:
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- Aleppo |
township |
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- Carmichaels |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Center |
township |
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- Clarksville |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Cumberland |
township |
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- Dunkard |
township |
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- Gilmore |
township |
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- Greene |
township |
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- Greensboro |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Jefferson |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Rices Landing |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Richhill |
township |
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- Springhill |
township |
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- Waynesburg
(County
Seat) |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Whiteley |
township |
County Resources:
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County Resource Guide
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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic
features of our country!"
But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.
Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally,
act locally." |
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