Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania




































































Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania



Greensburg-pennsylvania-courthouse.jpg
Westmoreland County Courthouse


Map of Pennsylvania highlighting Westmoreland County
Location in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania

Map of the United States highlighting Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania's location in the U.S.
Founded
February 26, 1773
Named for
Westmorland
Seat
Greensburg
Largest city
Murrysville
Area
 • Total
1,036 sq mi (2,683 km2)
 • Land
1,028 sq mi (2,663 km2)
 • Water
8.5 sq mi (22 km2), 0.8%
Population (est.)
 • (2017)
352,627
 • Density
348/sq mi (134/km2)
Congressional districts
9th, 12th, 14th, 18th
Time zone
Eastern: UTC−5/−4
Website
www.co.westmoreland.pa.us

Westmoreland County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. At the 2010 census, the population was 365,169.[1] The county seat is Greensburg.[2] Formed from, successively, Lancaster, Northumberland, and later Bedford 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 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.


Westmoreland County is included in the Pittsburgh Metropolitan Statistical Area.




Contents






  • 1 Geography


    • 1.1 Adjacent counties


    • 1.2 Major Highways




  • 2 Demographics


  • 3 Politics and government


    • 3.1 Presidential elections


    • 3.2 County commissioners


    • 3.3 Other county officials


    • 3.4 State House of Representatives[13]


    • 3.5 State Senate[13]


    • 3.6 United States House of Representatives


    • 3.7 United States Senate




  • 4 Education


    • 4.1 Public school districts


    • 4.2 Public charter schools


    • 4.3 Private high school


    • 4.4 Colleges and universities




  • 5 Economy


  • 6 Recreation


  • 7 Communities


    • 7.1 Cities


    • 7.2 Boroughs


    • 7.3 Townships


    • 7.4 Census-designated places


    • 7.5 Unincorporated communities


    • 7.6 Former community


    • 7.7 Population ranking




  • 8 Notable people


  • 9 See also


  • 10 References


  • 11 External links





Geography


According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,036 square miles (2,680 km2), of which 1,028 square miles (2,660 km2) is land and 8.5 square miles (22 km2) (0.8%) is water.[3]


The gates of society are located in Westmoreland County.



Adjacent counties




  • Armstrong County (north)


  • Indiana County (northeast)


  • Cambria County (east)


  • Somerset County (southeast)


  • Fayette County (south)


  • Washington County (southwest)


  • Allegheny County (west)


  • Butler County (northwest)



Major Highways





  • I-70


  • I-76 / Penna Turnpike


  • US 30


  • US 22


  • US 119


  • PA 31


  • PA 51


  • PA 56



  • PA 56 Truck


  • PA 66 / PA Turnpike 66



  • PA 66 Bus.



  • PA 66 Alt.


  • PA 130


  • PA 136


  • PA 201


  • PA 217


  • PA 259


  • PA 271


  • PA 286


  • PA 356


  • PA 366


  • PA 380


  • PA 711


  • PA 780


  • PA 819


  • PA 906


  • PA 981


  • PA 982


  • PA 993




Demographics



























































































































































Historical population
Census Pop.

1790 16,019
1800 22,726 41.9%
1810 26,392 16.1%
1820 30,540 15.7%
1830 38,400 25.7%
1840 42,699 11.2%
1850 51,726 21.1%
1860 53,736 3.9%
1870 58,719 9.3%
1880 78,036 32.9%
1890 112,819 44.6%
1900 160,175 42.0%
1910 231,304 44.4%
1920 273,568 18.3%
1930 294,995 7.8%
1940 303,411 2.9%
1950 313,179 3.2%
1960 352,629 12.6%
1970 376,935 6.9%
1980 392,294 4.1%
1990 370,321 −5.6%
2000 369,993 −0.1%
2010 365,169 −1.3%
Est. 2017 352,627 [4] −3.4%
U.S. Decennial Census[5]
1790-1960[6] 1900-1990[7]
1990-2000[8] 2010-2017[1]

At the 2010 census,[9] there were 365,169 people, 153,650 households and 101,928 families residing in the county. The population density 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% White, 2.3% Black or African American, 0.1% Native American, 0.7% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.2% from other races, and 1.2% from two or more races. 0.9% of the population were Hispanic or Latino 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 the age of 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.



Politics and government


In November 2008, there were 249,147 registered voters in Westmoreland County.[10]




  • Democratic: 136,882 (54.94%)


  • Republican: 87,813 (35.25%)

  • Other Parties: 24,452 (9.81%)


The Democratic Party had been historically dominant in county-level politics, however Westmoreland has trended Republican at the national and statewide levels. In 2000, Republican George W. Bush won 51% and Democrat Al Gore won 45%. In 2004, Republican George W. Bush won 56% and Democrat John Kerry won 43%. In 2008, Republican John McCain won 57% to Democrat Barack Obama's 41%. Governor Ed Rendell lost Westmoreland in both 2002 and 2006. In 2008 Republican Tim Krieger picked up the 57th House district left open by the retirement of Democrat Tom Tangretti. In 2010, both Pat Toomey and Tom Corbett 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[11]



Presidential elections



Presidential elections results



















































































































































































































Presidential Elections Results[12]
Year

Republican

Democratic

Third Parties

2016

63.5% 116,522
32.5% 59,669
4.0% 7,301

2012

61.3% 103,932
37.6% 63,722
1.1% 1,918

2008

57.6% 102,294
41.0% 72,721
1.4% 2,532

2004

56.0% 100,087
43.5% 77,774
0.5% 835

2000

51.6% 80,858
45.8% 71,792
2.6% 4,059

1996
43.3% 62,058

44.4% 63,686
12.3% 17,585

1992
30.6% 47,315

45.2% 69,817
24.2% 37,319

1988
44.1% 61,472

55.1% 76,710
0.8% 1,108

1984
46.8% 71,377

52.4% 79,906
0.8% 1,181

1980
45.1% 63,140

49.0% 68,627
6.0% 8,372

1976
43.5% 59,172

54.5% 74,217
2.0% 2,745

1972

54.6% 75,085
43.1% 59,322
2.3% 3,120

1968
35.1% 52,206

55.0% 81,833
9.9% 14,800

1964
27.8% 41,493

71.7% 107,131
0.5% 792

1960
44.5% 68,825

55.3% 85,641
0.2% 374

1956
47.8% 66,580

52.1% 72,616
0.1% 192

1952
42.2% 58,923

57.4% 80,068
0.4% 503

1948
39.1% 41,709

58.0% 61,901
3.0% 3,204

1944
41.2% 43,202

58.2% 61,057
0.7% 705

1940
39.6% 42,643

59.9% 64,567
0.5% 577

1936
32.2% 36,079

65.7% 73,574
2.0% 2,282

1932
37.7% 30,426

56.3% 45,436
5.9% 4,789

1928

61.9% 51,760
36.6% 30,587
1.6% 1,296

1924

55.2% 34,522
16.4% 10,223
28.4% 17,769

1920

59.7% 27,077
28.3% 12,845
12.0% 5,427

1916

46.7% 15,283
42.2% 13,829
11.1% 3,625

1912
14.7% 4,299
31.6% 9,262

53.8% 15,764

1908

52.0% 15,429
37.4% 11,101
10.6% 3,141

1904

63.2% 17,239
29.3% 8,007
7.5% 2,050

1900

57.0% 16,014
39.2% 11,010
3.8% 1,072

1896

56.2% 14,928
41.6% 11,029
2.2% 589

1892

48.8% 10,804
48.6% 10,747
2.6% 569

1888

49.4% 9,926
47.8% 9,602
2.9% 577




County commissioners



  • Gina Cerilli, Chairman, Democrat

  • Ted Kopas, Democrat

  • Charles Anderson, Republican



Other county officials



  • Clerk of Courts, Bryan Kline, Republican

  • Controller, Jeff Balzer, Republican

  • Coroner, Kenneth Bacha, Democrat

  • District Attorney, John Peck, Democrat

  • Prothonotary, Christina O'Brien, Democrat

  • Recorder of Deeds, Tom Murphy, Democrat

  • Register of Wills, Sherry Magretti-Hamilton, Republican

  • Sheriff, Jonathan Held, Republican

  • Treasurer, Jared M Squires, Republican



State House of Representatives[13]
















































District Representative Party
33 Frank Dermody
Democrat
52 Ryan Warner
Republican
54 Eli Evankovich
Republican
55 Joseph Petrarca, Jr.
Democrat
56 George Dunbar
Republican
57 Eric Nelson
Republican
58 Justin Walsh
Republican
59 Mike Reese
Republican


State Senate[13]




























District Senator Party
32 Patrick J. Stefano
Republican
39 Kim Ward
Republican
41 Donald C. White
Republican
45 Jim Brewster
Democrat


United States House of Representatives




























District Representative Party
9 Bill Shuster
Republican
12 Keith Rothfus
Republican
14 Mike Doyle
Democratic
18 Conor Lamb
Democratic


United States Senate















Senator Party
Pat Toomey
Republican
Bob Casey
Democrat


Education



Public school districts




Map of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania Public School Districts




  • Belle Vernon Area School District (Also in Fayette County)


  • Blairsville-Saltsburg School District (Also in Indiana County)

  • Burrell School District

  • Derry Area School District

  • Franklin Regional School District

  • Greater Latrobe School District

  • Greensburg-Salem School District

  • Hempfield Area School District

  • Jeannette City School District


  • Kiski Area School District (Also in Armstrong County)


  • Leechburg Area School District (Also in Armstrong County)

  • Ligonier Valley School District

  • Monessen City School District

  • Mount Pleasant Area School District

  • New Kensington–Arnold School District

  • Norwin School District


  • Penn-Trafford School District (also in Allegheny County)


  • Southmoreland School District (also in Fayette County)

  • Yough School District



Public charter schools


  • Dr. Robert Ketterer Charter School grades 7th through 12th Latrobe (since 2008)

According to EdNA[14]



Private high school


  • Greensburg Central Catholic High School


Colleges and universities



  • Penn State New Kensington

  • Seton Hill University

  • Saint Vincent College

  • Westmoreland County Community College

  • University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg

  • Carlow College at Greensburg

  • Triangle Tech



Economy


A major coal strike occurred in the county in the winter of 1910–11.


Volkswagen's Westmoreland plant near New Stanton in Westmoreland County was the first foreign-owned factory mass-producing automobiles in the U.S. It operated from 1978 to 1988.



Recreation




Autumn on a small state road near the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Laurel Mountains.


There are four Pennsylvania state parks in Westmoreland County.



  • Keystone State Park

  • Laurel Ridge State Park

  • Laurel Summit State Park

  • Linn Run State Park



Communities




Map of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania with Municipal Labels showing cities and boroughs (red), Townships (white), and Census-designated places (blue).


Under Pennsylvania law, there are four types of incorporated municipalities: cities, boroughs, townships, and, in at most two cases, towns. The following cities, boroughs and townships are located in Westmoreland County:



Cities



  • Arnold


  • Greensburg (county seat)

  • Jeannette

  • Latrobe

  • Lower Burrell

  • Monessen

  • New Kensington



Boroughs




  • Adamsburg

  • Arona

  • Avonmore

  • Bolivar

  • Delmont

  • Derry

  • Donegal

  • East Vandergrift

  • Export

  • Hunker

  • Hyde Park

  • Irwin

  • Laurel Mountain

  • Ligonier

  • Madison

  • Manor

  • Mount Pleasant

  • Murrysville

  • New Alexandria

  • New Florence

  • New Stanton

  • North Belle Vernon

  • North Irwin

  • Oklahoma

  • Penn

  • Scottdale

  • Seward

  • Smithton

  • South Greensburg

  • Southwest Greensburg

  • Sutersville


  • Trafford (partly in Allegheny County)

  • Vandergrift

  • West Leechburg

  • West Newton

  • Youngstown

  • Youngwood




Townships




  • Allegheny

  • Bell

  • Cook

  • Derry

  • Donegal

  • East Huntingdon

  • Fairfield

  • Hempfield

  • Ligonier

  • Loyalhanna

  • Mount Pleasant

  • North Huntingdon

  • Penn

  • Rostraver

  • St. Clair

  • Salem

  • Sewickley

  • South Huntingdon

  • Unity

  • Upper Burrell

  • Washington




Census-designated places


Census-designated places are geographical areas designated by the U.S. Census Bureau for the purposes of compiling demographic data. They are not actual jurisdictions under Pennsylvania law. Other unincorporated communities, such as villages, may be listed here as well.




  • Bradenville

  • Calumet

  • Collinsburg

  • Crabtree

  • Fellsburg

  • Grapeville

  • Harrison City

  • Herminie

  • Hostetter

  • Lawson Heights

  • Level Green

  • Loyalhanna

  • Lynnwood Pricedale

  • Mammoth

  • Millwood

  • Norvelt

  • St. Vincent College

  • Slickville

  • Webster

  • Wyano

  • Yukon




Unincorporated communities




  • Acme

  • Alverton

  • Ardara

  • Armbrust

  • Baggaley

  • Bessemer

  • Blackstone

  • Boquet

  • Bovard

  • Brenizer

  • Carbon

  • Claridge

  • Forbes Road

  • Greenwald

  • Hannastown

  • Hopewell

  • Hutchinson

  • Jacobs Creek

  • Jones Mills

  • Kecksburg

  • Larimer

  • Laughlintown

  • Lloydsville

  • Lowber

  • Luxor

  • Marguerite

  • Morewood

  • Moween

  • New Derry

  • Pandora

  • Peanut

  • Pleasant Unity

  • Reagantown

  • Rector

  • Reduction

  • Ruffs Dale

  • Salina

  • Scab Hill

  • Seger

  • Southwest

  • Stahlstown

  • Standard Shaft

  • Tarrs

  • Torrance

  • Trauger

  • Turkeytown

  • United

  • Wendel

  • Westmoreland City

  • Whitney




Former community


  • Franklin Township - now known as Murrysville, Pennsylvania [15][16][17]


Population ranking


The population ranking of the following table is based on the 2010 census of Westmoreland County.[18]


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Rank
City/Town/etc.
Municipal type
Population (2010 Census)



1

Murrysville
Municipality
20,079
2

Greensburg
City
14,892
3

New Kensington
City
13,116
4

Lower Burrell
City
11,761
5

Jeannette
City
9,654
6

Latrobe
City
8,338
7

Monessen
City
7,720
8

Vandergrift
Borough
5,205
9

Arnold
City
5,157
10

Mount Pleasant
Borough
4,454
11

Scottdale
Borough
4,384
12

Level Green
CDP
4,020
13

Irwin
Borough
3,973
14

Loyalhanna
CDP
3,428
15

Manor
Borough
3,239
16

Trafford (partially in Allegheny County)
Borough
3,174
17

Youngwood
Borough
3,050
18

Derry
Borough
2,688
19

Delmont
Borough
2,686
20

West Newton
Borough
2,633
21

Lawson Heights
CDP
2,194
22

New Stanton
Borough
2,173
23

Southwest Greensburg
Borough
2,155
24

South Greensburg
Borough
2,117
25

Lynnwood-Pricedale
CDP
2,031
26

North Belle Vernon
Borough
1,971
27

Ligonier
Borough
1,573
28

St. Vincent College
CDP
1,357
29

West Leechburg
Borough
1,294
30

Calumet
CDP
1,241
31

Fellsburg
CDP
1,180
32

Collinsburg
CDP
1,125
33

Avonmore
Borough
1,011
34

Norvelt
CDP
948
35

Export
Borough
917
36

North Irwin
Borough
846
37

Oklahoma
Borough
809
38

Herminie
CDP
789
39

Hostetter
CDP
740
40

New Florence
Borough
689
41

Yukon
CDP
677
42

East Vandergrift
Borough
674
43

Sutersville
Borough
605
44

Millwood
CDP
566
45

New Alexandria
Borough
560
46

Bradenville
CDP
545
47

Grapeville
CDP
538
48

Mammoth
CDP
525
49

Hyde Park
Borough
500
50

Seward
Borough
495
51

Wyano
CDP
484
52

Penn
Borough
475
53

Bolivar
Borough
465
54

Smithton
Borough
399
55

Madison
Borough
397
56

Slickville
CDP
388
57

Arona
Borough
370
58

Youngstown
Borough
326
59

Hunker
Borough
291
60

Crabtree
CDP
277
61

Webster
CDP
255
62

Adamsburg
Borough
172
63

Laurel Mountain
Borough
167
64

Harrison City
CDP
134
65

Donegal
Borough
120


Notable people





  • David Alter, born in Westmoreland County, noted inventor[19]


  • 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, Hall of Fame football player, born in 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.


  • Sheila Kelley, American actor, born and raised in Greensburg, Pa. Founder of Sheila Kelley S Factor movement.


  • Bill Mazeroski, 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, buried in Greensburg, Pa.


  • Willie Thrower, football player, was born and raised in New Kensington.


  • 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.



See also




  • National Register of Historic Places listings in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

  • Westmoreland Choral Society



References





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External links







  • official Westmoreland County website

  • InWestmoreland: a directory of Westmoreland County

  • Westmoreland County Historical Society






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