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Westmoreland County is a
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in the
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of
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, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 364,663. The
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is Greensburg. Formed from, successively, Lancaster,
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, and later
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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
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. Westmoreland County originally included the present-day counties of Fayette,
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, Greene, and parts of
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, Allegheny,
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, and
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counties. It is named after
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, a historic county of
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. Westmoreland County is included in the Pittsburgh Metropolitan Statistical Area.


History

Formed from Lancaster, Northumberland, and later Bedford counties, Westmoreland County was founded on February 26, 1773, and was the first county in the Pennsylvania colony 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.


Geography

According to the
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, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.8%) is water. Westmoreland has a
humid continental climate A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and freez ...
(''Dfa''/''Dfb''). Average monthly temperatures in Greensburg range from 28.7 °F in January to 71.8 °F in July, while in Murrysville they range from 29.4 °F in January to 73.1 °F in July, in Latrobe they range from 28.9 °F in January to 72.0 °F in July, and in Ligonier they range from 28.1 °F in January to 71.1 °F in July.


Adjacent counties

* Armstrong County (north) *
Indiana County Indiana County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is located in the west central part of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 83,246. Its county seat is Indiana. Indiana County comprises the Indiana, PA M ...
(northeast) *
Cambria County Cambria County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 133,472. Its county seat is Ebensburg. The county was created on March 26, 1804, from parts of Bedford, Huntingdon, and Somerset Cou ...
(east) * Somerset County (southeast) * Fayette County (south) * Washington County (southwest) *
Allegheny County Allegheny County () is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is located in Southwestern Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,250,578, making it the state's second-most populous county, following Philadelphia C ...
(west) * Butler County (northwest)


Major highways

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Demographics

At the 2010 census, there were 365,169 people, 153,650 households and 101,928 families residing in the county. The
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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%
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, 2.3%
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or
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, 0.1% Native American, 0.7% Asian, 0.03%
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, 0.2% from other races, and 1.2% from two or more races. 0.9% of the population were
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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 Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognized union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children, and between ...
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 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.


2020 Census


Politics and government

As of November 7, 2022, there are 248,459 registered voters in Westmoreland County. * Republican: 122,519 (49.31%) * Democratic: 95,325 (38.37%) *
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: 20,063 (8.07%) *
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: 10,552 (4.25%) The Democratic Party historically dominated county-level politics between the
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realignment and the turn of the century; however, Westmoreland has trended Republican at the national and statewide levels in the 21st century (in direct lockstep with most other
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n counties). In 2000, Republican George W. Bush became the first Republican to carry the county since 1972, and Republicans have carried the county in every election since, increasing the margin of victory in every successive election until 2020. Democratic Governor
Ed Rendell Edward Gene Rendell (; born January 5, 1944) is an American lawyer, prosecutor, politician, and author. He served as the 45th Governor of Pennsylvania from 2003 to 2011, as chair of the national Democratic Party, and as the 96th Mayor of Philad ...
lost Westmoreland in both 2002 and 2006. In 2008, Republican
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picked up the 57th House district left open by the retirement of Democratic state representative Tom Tangretti. In 2010, both
Pat Toomey Patrick Joseph Toomey Jr. (born November 17, 1961) is an American businessman and politician serving as the junior United States senator for Pennsylvania since 2011. A member of the Republican Party, he served three terms as the U.S. representa ...
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. A Democratic resurgence in 2015 gave that party a majority of the county commissioners. However, in the 2019 elections, Democratic elected officials lost that majority and carried only one row office. As of 2020, the only majority-Dem cities within the county are
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and Monessen.


Presidential elections


County commissioners

* Sean Kertes, Chairman, Republican * Gina Cerilli, Democratic * Doug Chew, Republican


Other county officials

* Clerk of Courts, Megan Loughner, Republican * Controller, Jeff Balzer, Republican * Coroner, Tim Carson, Republican * District Attorney, Nicole Ziccarelli, Republican * Prothonotary, Gina O'Barto, Republican * Recorder of Deeds, Frank Schiefer, Republican * Register of Wills, Sherry Magretti-Hamilton, Republican * Sheriff, James Albert, Sheriff, Republican * Treasurer, Jared M Squires, Republican


State House of Representatives


State Senate


United States House of Representatives


United States Senate


Education


Public school districts

School districts: *
Belle Vernon Area School District The Belle Vernon Area School District is a midsized, rural, public school district located approximately southeast of Pittsburgh in rural Westmoreland County and Fayette County. The present school district was formed by a merger of the pre ...
(Also in Fayette County) *
Blairsville-Saltsburg School District River Valley School District (before 2022: Blairsville-Saltsburg School District) is a small, rural school district that spans portions of two counties. In Indiana County it covers the Boroughs of Blairsville and Saltsburg and Black Lick Town ...
(Also in Indiana County) * Burrell School District * Derry Area School District *
Franklin Regional School District Franklin Regional School District is a midsized, suburban public school district located in Murrysville, Pennsylvania, serving Murrysville and the neighboring communities of Delmont and Export. Franklin Regional School District encompasses app ...
*
Greater Latrobe School District Greater Latrobe School District is a midsized, suburban public school district in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. The city of Latrobe and the borough of Youngstown as well as Unity Township are within district boundaries. Greater Latrob ...
* Greensburg-Salem School District *
Hempfield Area School District Hempfield Area School District is a large school district in western Pennsylvania. It is the largest in Westmoreland County with a resident population of over 50,000 and covers approximately and lies southeast of Pittsburgh. The school dis ...
* Jeannette City School District *
Kiski Area School District The Kiski Area School District is a large, suburban/rural public school district located in Westmoreland County Pennsylvania. The district encompasses approximately and consists of nine municipalities in Armstrong and Westmoreland counties, ...
(Also in Armstrong County) *
Leechburg Area School District The Leechburg Area School District is a public school district serving Pre-K through 12th grade students from Leechburg Borough, Gilpin Township and West Leechburg Borough in Westmoreland County in Pennsylvania. The district is one of the ...
(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 The Norwin School District is a large, suburban public school district. It is located in western Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States of America. A tiny portion of the district extends into Allegheny County. Norwin School District ...
*
Penn-Trafford School District The Penn-Trafford School District is a public school district that serves western Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania and a small portion of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. The district is governed by a locally elected, nine member school board wh ...
(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


Private high school

* Greensburg Central Catholic High School


Colleges and universities

*
Penn State New Kensington Penn State New Kensington is a commonwealth campus of the Pennsylvania State University located in New Kensington, Pennsylvania. The campus has an enrollment of 545 undergraduate students and offers twelve bachelor's degree programs and five a ...
* Seton Hill University *
Saint Vincent College Saint Vincent College is a private Benedictine college in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1846 by Boniface Wimmer, a monk from Bavaria, it is operated by the Benedictine monks of Saint Vincent Archabbey, the first Benedictine monastery in the ...
*
Westmoreland County Community College Westmoreland County Community College is a public community college in Youngwood, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1970 during an era of community college proliferation within the state. Its location on the suburban fringe was designed to attract ...
* University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg * Carlow College at Greensbur] * Triangle Tech


Additional

* Northern Westmoreland Career and Technology Center


Economy

Coal mining became a major industry in the county after the Civil War, followed by expansion of manufacturing of iron, steel and glass. The 600-acre coke works for the
Isabella Furnace Isabella Furnace was a cold blast charcoal iron furnace located in West Nantmeal Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The furnace was named for Isabella Potts, wife of one of the partners, a member of the Potts ironmaking family. Isabella wa ...
were built in Cokeville (then Coketown) in Spring of 1872. At one point, company "coal patches" (towns built for miners) represented about one-third of the county's settlements. A major strike by coal miners represented by the United Mine Workers of America took place in 1910–1911. Sixteen people were killed in the strike. In 2020 the top industries in the county were health care and social services (16.3% of jobs), manufacturing (13.8%) and retail trade (13.7%). Mining comprised less than 1% of the jobs in the county. Westmoreland County is now believed to be the site of over 100 abandoned mines. Volkswagen's Westmoreland plant near
New Stanton New Stanton is a borough in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,173 at the 2010 census. New Stanton is often used as a control city in western parts of Pennsylvania, as I-70 joins the Pennsylvania Turnpike (I-7 ...
in Westmoreland County was the first foreign-owned factory mass-producing automobiles in the U.S. It operated from 1978 to 1988.


Recreation

There are four Pennsylvania state parks in Westmoreland County. * Keystone State Park *
Laurel Ridge State Park Laurel Ridge State Park is a List of Pennsylvania state parks, Pennsylvania state park that passes through Cambria County, Pennsylvania, Cambria, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, Fayette, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, Somerset, and Westmoreland Co ...
*
Laurel Summit State Park Laurel Summit State Park is a List of Pennsylvania state parks, Pennsylvania state park in Cook Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Cook Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania in the United States. ...
*
Linn Run State Park Linn Run State Park is a Pennsylvania state park on in Cook and Ligonier Townships, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The park borders Forbes State Forest. Two smaller streams, Grove Run and Rock Run, join in Linn Run St ...


Communities

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


Cities

*
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* Greensburg (county seat) * Jeannette * Latrobe * Lower Burrell * Monessen * New Kensington


Boroughs

* Adamsburg * Arona * Avonmore * Bolivar * Delmont *
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*
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* East Vandergrift *
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* Hunker * Hyde Park * Irwin * Laurel Mountain * Ligonier *
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* Manor * Mount Pleasant * Murrysville * New Alexandria * New Florence *
New Stanton New Stanton is a borough in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,173 at the 2010 census. New Stanton is often used as a control city in western parts of Pennsylvania, as I-70 joins the Pennsylvania Turnpike (I-7 ...
* North Belle Vernon * North Irwin *
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* Penn * Scottdale * Seward * Smithton *
South Greensburg South Greensburg is a borough in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,117 at the 2010 census. History Early history In 1780, Michael Rugh acquired title to , which he operated as a farm. The land was passed ...
* Southwest Greensburg * Sutersville *
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(partly in
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) * Vandergrift * West Leechburg * West Newton * Youngstown * Youngwood


Townships

* Allegheny *
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*
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*
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* East Huntingdon * Fairfield * Hempfield * Ligonier * Loyalhanna * Mount Pleasant * North Huntingdon * Penn * Rostraver * St. Clair * Salem * Sewickley * South Huntingdon *
Unity Unity may refer to: Buildings * Unity Building, Oregon, Illinois, US; a historic building * Unity Building (Chicago), Illinois, US; a skyscraper * Unity Buildings, Liverpool, UK; two buildings in England * Unity Chapel, Wyoming, Wisconsin, US; a ...
* Upper Burrell *
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Census-designated places

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s are geographical areas designated by the
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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 *
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* Millwood * Norvelt *
St. Vincent College St Vincent College is a co-educational sixth form (16-18) college located in Gosport, Hampshire, England. The majority of students come from the surrounding towns including Gosport, Fareham, Stubbington and Winchester. The nearby Gosport Ferry ...
* Slickville *
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* Wyano *
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Unincorporated communities

*
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* Alverton * Ardara * Armbrust * Baggaley * Bessemer * Blackstone * Boquet * Bovard * Brenizer *
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* Claridge * Forbes Road *
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* Hannastown * Hopewell * Hutchinson * Jacobs Creek * Jones Mills * Kecksburg * Larimer * Laughlintown * Lloydsville * Lowber *
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* Marguerite * Morewood * Moween * New Derry *
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*
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* Pleasant Unity * Reagantown * Rector * Reduction * Ruffs Dale * Salina * Scab Hill * Seger * Southwest * Stahlstown * Standard Shaft * Tarrs * Torrance * Trauger * Turkeytown * United * Wendel * Westmoreland City * Whitney * Yohoghany


Former community

* Franklin Township - now known as Murrysville, Pennsylvania


Population ranking

The population ranking of the following table is based on the 2010 census of Westmoreland County. † ''county seat''


Notable people

*
David Alter David Alter (December 3, 1807 – September 18, 1881) was a prominent American inventor and scientist of the 19th century. He was born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania and graduated from the Reformed Medical School in New York City. He had Ge ...
, born in Westmoreland County, noted inventor *
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, former NHL Hockey player, played for 1950
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champions
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, born in Braeburn neighborhood of the City of Lower Burrell. *
George Blanda George Frederick Blanda (September 17, 1927 – September 27, 2010) was an American football placekicker and quarterback who played professionally in the American Football League (AFL) and National Football League (NFL). Blanda played 26 seasons ...
,
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football player, born in Youngwood. *
D.J. Coffman D.J. Coffman (born January 17, 1976) is an American cartoonist. He is best known as the creator of the ''Hero by Night'' comic book series and the webcomic ''Yirmumah''. Coffman also has done work on the Monkey Man comic series with writer Brian Ly ...
, 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 Jesse Root Grant  (January 23, 1794 – June 29, 1873) was an American farmer, tanner and successful leather merchant who owned tanneries and leather goods shops in several different states throughout his adult life. He is best known as the ...
, (father of Ulysses S. Grant General and President) born in Greensburg. *
Shirley Jones Shirley Mae Jones (born March 31, 1934) is an American actress and singer. In her six decades in show business, she has starred as wholesome characters in a number of musical films, such as '' Oklahoma!'' (1955), ''Carousel'' (1956), and ''The M ...
, 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 exercise and lifestyle program. * Bill Mazeroski,
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baseball player *
Michael Moorer Michael Lee Moorer (born November 12, 1967) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1988 to 2008. He won a world championship on four occasions in two weight classes, having held the WBO light heavyweight title from 1988 t ...
, boxer * Arnold Palmer, golfer, was born and raised in Latrobe. * Terrelle Pryor NFL quarterback, attended Jeannette high school. *
Fred Rogers Fred McFeely Rogers (March 20, 1928 – February 27, 2003), commonly known as Mister Rogers, was an American television host, author, producer, and Presbyterian minister. He was the creator, showrunner, and host of the preschool television se ...
, television personality, was born, raised, and lived in Latrobe; buried in Unity Cemetery, Unity Township just outside Latrobe. *
Arthur St. Clair Arthur St. Clair ( – August 31, 1818) was a Scottish-American soldier and politician. Born in Thurso, Scotland, he served in the British Army during the French and Indian War before settling in Pennsylvania, where he held local office. During ...
, American Revolution Major General, Patriot, 9th President of the Continental Congress, 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

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Westmorel ...
* Westmoreland Choral Society


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* {{Coord, 40.31, -79.47, display=title, type:adm2nd_region:US-PA_source:UScensus1990 1773 establishments in Pennsylvania Counties of Appalachia Laurel Highlands Pittsburgh metropolitan area Populated places established in 1773