Waynesburg, Pennsylvania

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Waynesburg is a borough in Greene County, Pennsylvania, 60 miles (96 km) south by west of Pittsburgh. It is the county seat of Greene County. The region is underlaid with a stratum of coking coal. Some oil and natural gas deposits were in the area, too, at one time.

Early in the twentieth century, four large gas compressing stations and a shovel factory were in Waynesburg. In 1900, 2,544 people lived here, and in 1910, 3,545 residents were here. The population was 4,184 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Greene CountyGR6.

Every year on July 29th, Waynesburg has a unique festival called Rain Day. It just so happens that almost every July 29th brings rain to the borough of Waynesburg. This unique festival, that is more than 50 years old (the records of Rain Day date back into the 1800s), is well known throughout the world.

Waynesburg is home to Waynesburg College.

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[edit] Geography

Waynesburg is located at 39°53′51″N, 80°11′8″W (39.897403, -80.185597)GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 2.1 km² (0.8 mi²), all land.

[edit] Demographics

As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 4,184 people, 1,619 households, and 869 families residing in the borough. The population density was 1,946.3/km² (5,038.6/mi²). There were 1,811 housing units at an average density of 842.4/km² (2,180.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the borough was 96.94% White, 1.63% African American, 0.10% Native American, 0.57% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 0.17% from other races, and 0.55% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.65% of the population.

There were 1,619 households out of which 24.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 38.4% were married couples living together, 11.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 46.3% were non-families. 38.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.24 and the average family size was 2.99.

In the borough the population 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 age was 30 years. For every 100 females there were 97.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.4 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $30,990, and the median income for a family was $42,933. Males had a median income of $31,577 versus $22,458 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $15,333. About 8.0% of families and 13.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.5% of those under age 18 and 11.7% of those age 65 or over.


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Municipalities and Communities of Greene County, Pennsylvania
(County Seat: Waynesburg)
Boroughs Carmichaels | Clarksville | Greensboro | Jefferson | Rices Landing | Waynesburg
Townships Aleppo | Center | Cumberland | Dunkard | Franklin | Freeport | Gilmore | Gray | Greene | Jackson | Jefferson | Monongahela | Morgan | Morris | Perry | Richhill | Springhill | Washington | Wayne | Whiteley
Communities and CDPs Fairdale | Morrisville | Nemacolin
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