UNIONTOWN  , a

borough and the county-seat of Fayette county, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., about 40 M . S. by E. of Pittsburg . Pop . (1900) 7344 (449 foreign-born); (1910) 13,344, Uniontown is served by the Pennsylvania and the Baltimore & Ohio railways . Coal, iron and natural gas are found in the neighbouring region . The manufactures include glass products, iron, steel, enamel, radiators, coke, flour and bricks . The original village was surveyed and laid out in 1776 on land owned by Henry Beeson, and the borough was incorporated in 1796 . From 1827 to 1832 Uniontown was the seat of Madison College, formed from Union Academy (founded ,8o8); in 1832 the college was merged with Allegheny College, of Meadville, Pa . In 1866 the buildings were turned over to the Soldiers' Orphans' School (now at Jumonville, a suburb), which occupied them until 1875 . In the south-eastern part of the county is the district known as Great Meadows; here George Washington built Fort Necessity in 1754, and General Edward Braddock died and was buried here after his defeat by the French and Indians in 1755 .