Fayette County, Pennsylvania

administration
The Fayette County Courthouse in downtown Uniontown, listed on the NRHP since 1989
US state :	Pennsylvania
Administrative headquarters :	Uniontown
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Fayette County Courthouse 61 E Main St Uniontown, PA 15401-3514
Foundation :	September 26, 1783
Made up from:	Westmoreland County
Area code :	+1 724
Demographics
Residents :	136,606 (2010)
Population density :	66.7 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2067 km²
Water surface :	20 km²
map

Website : www.co.fayette.pa.us

The Fayette County is a county US state of Pennsylvania . At the 2010 census , the county had 136,606 people and a population density of 66.7 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Uniontown .

Fayette County is part of the metropolitan area around the city of Pittsburgh .

geography

The county is located in southwest Pennsylvania on the east bank of the Monongahela River , one of the two headwaters of the Ohio River ; to the south it is separated from Maryland and West Virginia by the Mason-Dixon Line . Fayette County covers an area of 2,067 square kilometers, of which 20 square kilometers are water. It borders on the following counties:

Washington County	Westmoreland County
Greene County		Somerset County
Monongalia County, West Virginia	Preston County, West Virginia	Garrett County, Maryland

history

La Fayette

Fayette County was formed on September 26, 1783 from Westmoreland County . It was named after Marie - Joseph Motier, Marquis de La Fayette (1757-1834), a French general who was instrumental in the American War of Independence and the French Revolution .

The county has two protected sites of outstanding historical importance, the Fort Necessity National Battlefield and the Friendship Hill National Historic Site . Five other locations have National Historic Landmark status . 68 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of July 18, 2018).

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1790	13,318	-
1800	20,159	51.4%
1810	24,714	22.6%
1820	27,285	10.4%
1830	29,172	6.9%
1840	33,574	15.1%
1850	39,112	16.5%
1860	39.909	2%
1870	43.284	8.5%
1880	58,842	35.9%
1890	80.006	36%
1900	110,412	38%
1910	167,449	51.7%
1920	188.104	12.3%
1930	198,542	5.5%
1940	200,999	1.2%
1950	189,899	-5.5%
1960	169,340	-10.8%
1970	154,667	-8.7%
1980	159,417	3.1%
1990	145.351	-8.8%
2000	148,645	2.3%
2010	136.606	-8.1%
before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

As of the 2010 census , Fayette County had 136,606 people in 58,871 households. The population density was 66.7 inhabitants per square kilometer.

The racial the population was composed of 93.3 percent white, 4.6 percent African American, 0.1 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.8 percent of the population.

Statistically, 2.35 people lived in each of the 58,871 households.

20.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.0 percent were 65 years or older. 50.9 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 35,260 USD . The per capita income was $ 19,100. 17.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

cities and communes

Map of Fayette County

Citys

Boroughs

Census-designated places (CDP)

Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - partly in Somerset County

2 - partly in Westmoreland County}

Townships

Individual evidence

↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 89000357. Retrieved October 26, 2011

^ Fayette County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.Retrieved February 22, 2011
^ National Association of Counties.Retrieved October 26, 2011
↑ Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 100 .
↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Pennsylvania . National Park Service , accessed July 18, 2018.
↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed July 18, 2018.
^ University of Virginia Library - Historical Census Browser. Retrieved October 26, 2011
^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011
↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011
↑ United States Census 2010.Retrieved October 26, 2011
↑ US Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Fayette County ( Memento of the original from July 10, 2011 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 26, 2011 @1@ 2

Web links

Commons : Fayette County, Pennsylvania - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

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[1] Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 89000357. Retrieved October 26, 2011