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GREENSBURG
, a See also:borough and the See also:county-seat of Westmoreland county, See also:Pennsylvania, U.S.A., 31 M
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E.S.E. of See also:Pittsburg
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Pop
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(1890) 4202; (1900) 6508 (484 See also:foreign-See also:born); (1910) 5420
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It is served by two lines of the Pennsylvania railway
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It is an important See also:coal centre, and manufactures engines, See also:iron and See also:brass goods, See also:flour, See also:lumber and bricks
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In addition to its public school See also:system, it has several private See also:schools, including St See also:Mary's See also:Academy and St See also:Joseph's Academy, both See also:Roman See also:Catholic
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About 3 M
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N.E. of what is now Greensburg stood the See also:village of See also:Hanna's See also:Town, settled about 1770 and almost completely destroyed by the See also:Indians on the 13th of See also:July 1782; here what is said to have been the first See also:court held See also:west of the Alleghanies opened on the 6th of See also:April 1773, and the county courts continued to be held here until 1787
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Greensburg was settled in 1784-1785, immediately after the opening of the See also:state road, not far from the trail followed by See also:General See also: See also:Boucher's See also:History of Westmoreland County, Pa . (3 vols., New See also:York, 1906) . |
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