West Overton, Pennsylvania

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West Overton, Pennsylvania is located approximately forty miles southeast of Pittsburgh in Westmoreland County. It is on PA 819 between the towns of Mount Pleasant and Scottdale. Its latitude is 40.117N and its longitude is -79.564W.

It is best known as the birthplace of Henry Clay Frick, the industrialist and art collector.

West Overton Village was established in 1800 by German Mennonites from Bucks County, who were led by Henry Overholt. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Districts in 1985. Today it operates as a museum complex and is an example of a 19th century rural industrial village. It is the only pre-American Civil War village still intact in Pennsylvania.