Waynesburg, Pennsylvania Waynesburg, Pennsylvania Greene County Courthouse in downtown Waynesburg Greene County Courthouse in downtown Waynesburg Location of Waynesburg in Greene County Location of Waynesburg in Greene County Waynesburg is a borough in and the governmental center of county of Greene County, Pennsylvania, United States, positioned about 50 miles (80 km) south of Pittsburgh.
Early in the 20th century, four large gas compressing stations and a steam shovel factory were positioned in Waynesburg.
Waynesburg is titled for General "Mad" Anthony Wayne, one of the top lieutenants of George Washington amid the Revolutionary War (1776 81).
The borough is the locale of Waynesburg University and the Greene County Airport.
In August 1875 assembly began of the 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge Waynesburg and Washington Railroad, conceived by John Day in 1874 and chartered in 1875. Its passenger service ended in 1929, and conversion to 4 ft 8 1 2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge followed in 1944 as a state of war measure.
Then the barns was retitled the Waynesburg Secondary Railroad.
The Waynesburg Historic District, Hanna Hall at the university, and Miller Hall are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Waynesburg is positioned northeast of the center of Greene County at 39 53 51 N 80 11 8 W (39.897403, -80.185597). Its southern boundary follows the South Fork of Tenmile Creek, an east-flowing tributary of the Monongahela River.
Route 19 passes through the center of the borough as High Street (westbound) and Greene Street (eastbound), turning on the north side of town to follow Morris Street (northbound) and Richhill Street (southbound).
Pennsylvania Route 21 joins US 19 through downtown Waynesburg on High Street and Greene Street.
PA 21 leads east 2 miles (3 km) to Interstate 79 at Exit 14 and continues east another 25 miles (40 km) to Uniontown.
To the west PA 21 leads 6 miles (9.7 km) to Rogersville and 24 miles (39 km) to the Ohio border.
I-79 leads north from Exit 14 21 miles (34 km) to Washington and 53 miles (85 km) to Pittsburgh, while Morgantown, West Virginia, is 24 miles (39 km) to the south.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, Waynesburg has a total region of 0.80 square miles (2.07 km2), all of which is land. There were 1,619 homeholds, out of which 24.1% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 38.4% were married couples living together, 11.6% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 46.3% were non-families.
In the borough the populace was spread out, with 18.6% under the age of 18, 24.2% from 18 to 24, 24.8% from 25 to 44, 17.8% from 45 to 64, and 14.5% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the borough was $30,990, and the median income for a family was $42,933.
About 8.0% of families and 13.0% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 10.5% of those under age 18 and 11.7% of those age 65 or over.
Boreman, first governor of West Virginia, left Waynesburg at the age of four a b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Waynesburg borough, Pennsylvania".
"The Waynesburg and Washington RR".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Resident Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012".
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