Monongahela
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Monongahela | ||
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Nickname : Mon City | ||
Location in Pennsylvania
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Basic data | ||
Foundation : | 1770 | |
State : | United States | |
State : | Pennsylvania | |
County : | Washington County | |
Coordinates : | 40 ° 12 ′ N , 79 ° 56 ′ W | |
Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | |
Residents : | 4,761 (as of: 2000) | |
Population density : | 952.2 inhabitants per km 2 | |
Area : | 5.5 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) of which 5.0 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) is land |
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Height : | 230 m | |
Postal code : | 15063 | |
Area code : | +1 724 | |
FIPS : | 42-50408 | |
GNIS ID : | 1213991 | |
Website : | www.cityofmonongahela-pa.gov | |
Mayor : | Robert (Bob) Kepics |
Monongahela is a city in Washington County in the US state of Pennsylvania .
Facts
The city, which has almost 4,760 inhabitants, extends over an area of 5.5 km² .
The founding of Monongahela can be traced back to 1769 . Thus, the city was founded seven years before the USA was founded in 1776 by the three men William Nowland , Peter Froman and James Linnes .
Monongahela got its name from the nearby Monongahela River .
On July 9, 1755, the British were defeated by the French in the Battle of Monongahela .
Monongahela is the seat of the Church of Jesus Christ (Bickertonites) .
sons and daughters of the town
- Frederick D. Rossini (1899-1990), chemist
- Roland Kibbee (1914–1984), screenwriter and film producer
- Henrietta Leaver (1916-1993), ninth Miss America (1935)
- Carl E. Vuono (born 1934), General in the United States Army
- John Taylor Gatto (1935–2018), teacher, author and public speaker
- Jay Chattaway (* 1946), film music composer
- Mitch Daniels (* 1949), politician and governor of the state of Indiana (2005–13)
- Jim Renacci (* 1958), politician and member of the US House of Representatives