Washington, Pennsylvania

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Washington
Washington City Hall
Washington City Hall
Location in Pennsylvania
Washington, Pennsylvania
Washington
Washington
Basic data
Foundation : around 1768
State : United States
State : Pennsylvania
County : Washington County
Coordinates : 40 ° 11 ′  N , 80 ° 15 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 11 ′  N , 80 ° 15 ′  W
Time zone : Atlantic Standard Time ( UTC − 4 )
Residents : 15,268 (as of: 2000)
Population density : 1,696.4 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 9 km 2  (about 3 mi 2 ) of
which 9 km 2  (about 3 mi 2 ) are land
Height : 352 m
Postcodes : 15301
Area code : +1 724
FIPS : 42-81328
GNIS ID : 1215680
Website : www.washingtonpa.us
Mayor : L. Anthony Spossey

Washington is a city in the west of the US state Pennsylvania and the seat of the administration of Washington County . The city has 15,268 inhabitants (2000).

geography

Washington is 40 ° 10'30 "north latitude and 80 ° 15'02" west longitude. The city extends over an area of ​​9 km 2 .

In Washington, Interstate 70 , Interstate 79 , US Highways 19 and 40, and a number of regional roads come together.

It is 30 miles northeast of the city of Pittsburgh via Interstate 79 . Columbus in the neighboring state of Ohio can be reached via Interstate 70 after 253 km to the west.

Demographic data

In the 2000 census, the population was 15,268. These were distributed over 5,755 households in 2,550 families. The population density was 2,005.1 / km 2 . There were 6,621 buildings, which corresponds to a building density of 933.9 / km 2 .

The population in 2000 was 81.88% white , 14.60% African American , 0.15% American Indian , 0.45% Asian, and 0.63% other. 2.29% stated that they descended from at least two of these groups. 0.94% of the population were Hispanics belonging to any of the above groups.

21.2% were under 18 years of age, 13.2% between 18 and 24, 28.0% between 25 and 44, 20.9% between 45 and 64 and 16.7% 65 and older. The average age was 36 years. For every 100 women there were 88.3 men, and 84.6 among those over 18.

The median income per household was $ 25,764 and the median family income was $ 34,862. The average income for men was $ 29,977 and that of women was $ 22,374. The per capita income was $ 14,818. Around 20.7% of families and 16.4% of the total population had their income below the poverty line .

history

George Washington Hotel

Indians from the tribe of the Lenni Lenape under their chief Tangoogua (called by the White Catfish - German catfish ) once maintained a settlement in the area of ​​today's city.

After the French were the first whites in the area in the mid-18th century , around 1768 many settlers from Scotland and the northern part of Ireland and the colony of Virginia came to settle permanently.

The Pennsylvania General Assembly decided in March 1781 to found Washington County (in honor of George Washington ) and to make the settlement previously known as Catfish Camp its administrative seat.

In 1791 the city was the center of the Whiskey Rebellion , one of the first uprisings against the government of the newly formed USA. Resistance was directed against the newly imposed tax on alcoholic beverages.

In 1810 the city was officially raised to a self-governing city ( Borough ), in 1924 to a city ​​of third class ( City of third class ).

In 1903 a streetcar was built connecting Washington to Canonsburg and in 1909 it was integrated into the Pittsburgh Railways interurban tram system. The line was closed again in August 1953. A small part of the route and some vehicles are still preserved today in the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum to the north of the city.

Education, culture and sport

"Old Main", the most famous building of Washington & Jefferson College

In the center of town is Washington & Jefferson College , a small private college founded in 1781 with around 1500 students.

Off The Wall Productions is a professional theater company founded in 2007 that performs plays and musicals from October to May.

The Washington Symphony Orchestra , founded in 2002, gives four to five concerts a year.

The Washington Wild Things are a minor league baseball team that play their games at CONSOL Energie Park . The team plays one of the lower professional baseball leagues in the Frontier League .

Not far from the baseball stadium is the headquarters of the PONY Baseball and Softball organization , which is committed to promoting young talent for these sports.

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ US Postal Service - ZIP Codes
  2. ^ Find a County
  3. ↑ city, Pennsylvania / POPULATION / DECENNIAL_CNT US Census Bureau - Washington, Pennsylvania  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as broken. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / factfinder.census.gov  
  4. ↑ Walkinshaw, Lewis Clark (ca.1939). Annals of southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. 1 . New York. Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc, page 16
  5. ↑ City of Washington home page ( Memento of May 17, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ↑ Jerry Grefenstette: Canonsburg - Images of America . Arcadia Publishing, 2009, ISBN 0738565334 , pp. 46, p. 128 (Retrieved October 18, 2009).
  7. ↑ Harold Wilson in the database of Sports-Reference (English)