Morgantown, West Virginia
| Morgantown | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Location in West Virginia | |
 |
|
| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1810 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | West Virginia |
| County : | Monongalia County |
| Coordinates : | 39 ° 38 ′ N , 79 ° 57 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) |
|
Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
30,855 (as of 2016) 138,380 (as of 2016) |
| Population density : | 1,214.8 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 26.2 km 2 (approx. 10 mi 2 ) of which 25.4 km 2 (approx. 10 mi 2 ) are land |
| Height : | 293 m |
| Postcodes : | 26501-26508 |
| Area code : | +1 304/681 |
| FIPS : | 54-55756 |
| GNIS ID : | 1555161 |
| Website : | www.morgantown.com |
| Mayor : | Jim Manilla |
Morgantown is a city and county seat of Monongalia County in the north of the US -amerikanischen state of West Virginia . Morgantown was founded in 1810. The population is 30,333 (as of 2009).
location
The city is located on the Monongahela River , not far from the state border with Pennsylvania .
history
Until the peace treaty of 1763 , the area of today's Morgantown was claimed by Franco-American and Anglo-American settlers as well as by the local Indian peoples. Although it emerged from the peace agreement that the English had been awarded the area, the armed conflicts with the Indians continued unabated until the beginning of the American Revolution .
Due to these ongoing clashes were in wide spaced area of Morgantown a large number of forts ( forts built).
- Fort Pierpont , 1769 on the Cheat River
- Fort Coburn , 1770 at Dorsey Knob
- Fort Morgan , 1772 in what is now Morgantown
- Fort Dinwiddle , 1772 in the Stewartstown area
- Fort Martin , 1773, a few kilometers north of the Monongahela River
- Fort Burris , 1774
- Fort Kern , 1774
The first settlement took place in 1772 by Zackquill Morgan .
In 1785 the area was licensed by the Virginia General Assembly , whereupon the first building plot was offered for sale by auction.
Historically noteworthy is the 18th century Old Stone House , which is in today's Chestnut Street, and was recorded on December 27, 1972 with the number 72001290 by the National Register of Historic Places .
Town twinning
Sister cities are:
- Guanajuato, a city in central Mexico in the state of the same name;
- Xuzhou a city in Jiangsu Province of the People's Republic of China .
education
Morgantown is home to West Virginia University , the largest and most important university in West Virginia. The number of enrolled students is 28,898 (as of 2009). The school is adjacent to the Downtown Morgantown Historic District , a historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 2, 1996 with the number 96000441. There are two secondary schools in the city, University High School and Morgantown High School.
Culture
Cultural offerings in Morgantown are offered by the WVU Arts & Entertainment as well as the Monongalia Arts Center , which can be found in the NRHP as the historically recorded Old Morgantown Post Office . The building was added on March 28, 1979 with the number 79002593.
Sports
In addition to numerous sports activities, Morgantown also has the associated infrastructure. The Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium and the WVU Coliseum are worth mentioning here .
Others
In 2010 Morgantown was listed in the top 10 of the Forbes list “Best Places For Business And Careers” .
Morgantown has two city-designed hiking trails. The Caperton Trail , named after the former governor of West Virginia, Gaston Caperton , is a nearly 10 kilometer long paved hiking trail, and leads through the historic district of the city, among other things. The Deckers Creek Trail is nearly 30 kilometers long .
Morgantown Municipal Airport - Walter L. Bill Hart Field (IATA CODE: MGW) is about 3 miles east of the city.
During the 1970s, the US Department of Transportation built an experimental Personal Rapid Transport. The Morgantown Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) has been in use since 1975.
Personalities
sons and daughters of the town
- Moses P. Kinkaid (1856–1922), politician
- Don Knotts (1924-2006), actor and comedian
- David Selby (born 1941), actor
- Charles M. Vest (1941–2013), engineer and university professor
- Nancie Banks (1951–2002), jazz singer, band leader and copyist
- Robert P. George (* 1955), legal scholar
- William Easterly (* 1957), economist
- Alan Henderson (born 1972), basketball player
- Andrew Morgan (born 1976), astronaut
- Huey Mack (born 1991), rapper
- Elizabeth McLaughlin (born 1993), actress
Personalities related to the city
- Freddy Quinn (* 1931), Austrian pop singer - time at elementary school
- Lawrence Kasdan (* 1949), director, screenwriter and actor; grew up in Morgantown
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Morgantown.com /
- ↑ a b NRIS
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from September 21, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ City of Morgantown's Downtown Business District ( Memento of the original from December 21, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Arts & Entertainment - West Virginia University ( Memento of the original from February 1, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ 2010 Forbes List of "Best Places For Business And Careers" ( Memento of the original from October 13, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Morgantown Biking and Walking Trails ( Memento of the original from December 21, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) 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.
- ^ Morgantown Municipal Airport
- ↑ Morgantown Group Rapid Transit (GRT) System (English)
Web links
- Morgantown ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved January 29, 2011.
- Website of the WVU Arts & Entertainment (English)