Uniontown, Pennsylvania Uniontown, Pennsylvania City of Uniontown Location of Pennsylvania in the United States Location of Pennsylvania in the United States Uniontown, Pennsylvania is positioned in Pennsylvania Uniontown, Pennsylvania - Uniontown, Pennsylvania Location of Uniontown inside Pennsylvania Uniontown is a town/city in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States, 46 miles (74 km) southeast of Pittsburgh and part of the Pittsburgh Metro Area.

It is the governmental center of county and biggest city of Fayette County. Popularly known as "Beesontown", the "town of Union" was established by Henry Beeson on July 4, 1776, coincidentally the same date the United States Declaration of Independence was ratified. The National Road, also known as the Cumberland Road, was routed through Uniontown in the early 19th century, and the town interval along with the road (now US 40).

10 miles (16 km) southeast of Uniontown is Fort Necessity, assembled by George Washington amid the French and Indian War (part of the global Seven Years' War) as well as the site of the Battle of Jumonville Glen, where the North American branch of the war began.

Uniontown's part in the Underground Railroad in the antebellum years is memorialized by a marker on the corner of East Main Street and Baker Alley. Residents helped slaves escaping from the South to freedom.

Uniontown was the site of violent clashes between striking coal miners and guards at the small-town coke works amid the bituminous coal miners' strike of 1894.

The Columbia Rolling Mill, an iron and steel works, was positioned in Uniontown from 1887 to 1895.

During the Coal Boom of the early part of the 20th century, Uniontown was home to at least 13 millionaires, the most (per capita) of any town/city in the United States.

As with most of Western Pennsylvania, Uniontown's economy waned amid the region's deindustrialization of the late 20th century, when the steel trade restructured and many jobs went elsewhere, including offshore.

The USS Uniontown (PF-65), a Tacoma-class frigate, was titled for the town/city by the United States Navy on August 16, 1944, the only ship to be so named.

In 1967 Uniontown was the place of birth of the Mc - Donald's Big Mac sandwich. In 2007 the Big Mac Museum was opened in North Huntingdon Township in Westmoreland County, to the disappointment of some Uniontown residents. According to a Mc - Donald's spokesperson, the decision was based on logistics and access, but Uniontown inhabitants complained in an article that was presented in the Herald-Standard. The Uniontown Downtown Historic District, Gallatin School, John S.

Uniontown is positioned slightly west of the center of Fayette County at 39 54'0" North, 79 43'28" West (39.900040, -79.724478). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 2.04 square miles (5.29 km2), all of it land. The town/city is 999 feet (304 m) above sea level and rests at the base of Chestnut Ridge, the westernmost ridge of the Appalachian Mountains to the east.

The National Pike or Cumberland Road crossed over the mountain peaks and passed through the region which became the center of Uniontown.

The route is now Business Route 40, as the mainline of US 40 bypasses the town/city center to the south and west as a freeway loop called the George Marshall Parkway.

Uniontown has a humid continental climate with very cold winters, owing its locale near the mountain peaks with temperatures running in the 20s to 30s degrees and warm summers with temperatures then in the upper 70s to the lower 80s.

Climate data for Uniontown, Pennsylvania (1981-2010; Extremes 1974-present) The biggest white ethnic groups in Uniontown: 15.4% German, 13.4% Irish, 9% Italian, 6% Dutch, 5.6% English, 5.5% Polish.

The City of Uniontown Bureau of Fire is a combination career/volunteer department operating out of three stations (two staffed and one reserve), and provides services including fire suppression, fire prevention, various aspects of rescue operations, pre fire and disaster planning, fire safety consultation services, disaster response along with town/city Emergency Management personnel, and a number of other enhance services.

EMS service is provided by Fayette EMS, which replaced the former Uniontown Fireman's Ambulance in July 2013.

Central Station homes Engine #1, Engine #4, Truck #1, Rescue, Squad, Command Unit, and provides housing for two Fayette EMS units as well.

The 3rd station, the Union Hose Building, positioned on East Main Street near Grant Street, homes the city's Emergency Management Agency and Emergency Operations Center, and provides housing for the fire agency's reserve pumper, Engine #5.

Uniontown Area School District Westmoreland County Community College, Uniontown Education Center Uniontown Hospital, the larger of two hospitals in the county, is the city's and Fayette County's biggest employer.

The City of Uniontown operates a full-time police department.

The town/city police station homes a booking center used by all police agencies inside Fayette County, including the Pennsylvania State Police.

The Herald-Standard, a journal based in Uniontown, serves the town/city and much of the encircling area.

Two airways broadcasts are licensed to the Uniontown region on 590 AM WMBS and 99.3 FM WPKL.

Uniontown is an meaningful crossroads in Fayette County.

PA 51, a chief four-lane route to Pittsburgh, and PA 21, which joins Fayette County with Greene County and Waynesburg, both terminate in Uniontown.

PA 43, part of the Mon-Fayette Expressway universal to connect Pittsburgh with Morgantown, West Virginia is complete around the Uniontown area.

John Dickson Carr, mystery writer born in Uniontown Cenker, engineer and RCA astronaut born in Uniontown Ernie Davis, first black Heisman Trophy winner, lived in Uniontown for most of his early life Ronne Froman (RADM, USN, Ret.), born in Uniontown William James, former NFL cornerback born and raised in Uniontown Stu Lantz, former NBA player and color commentator for the Los Angeles Lakers, played basketball for Uniontown High School and led them to a PIAA state championship in 1964 James Lawson, civil rights prestige born in Uniontown in 1928 General George Marshall, American military leader, Secretary of State, and the third Secretary of Defense, born in Uniontown Terry Mulholland, former Major League baseball player, born and raised in Uniontown Chuck Muncie, former NFL star running back for the New Orleans Saints and San Diego Chargers, originally from Uniontown Larry Pennell, actor of film and television, born in Uniontown in 1928 Sandy Stephens, first black quarterback for the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers, born in Uniontown Jim Delligatti (1918-2016), Big Mac Inventor, born in Uniontown National Register of Historic Places listings in Fayette County, Pennsylvania a b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Enumeration Summary File 1 (G001), Uniontown city, Pennsylvania".

"Uniontown", Fayette County Chamber of Commerce United States Enumeration Bureau.

"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".

"Pennsylvania: Population and Housing Unit Counts" (PDF).

"Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012".

Pennsylvania Fayette TV.

James Hadden, A History of Uniontown: The County Seat of Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclop dia Britannica article Uniontown.

Uniontown, Pennsylvania at DMOZ Municipalities and communities of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States Uniontown in Fayette County, Pennsylvania

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