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Uniontown, Pennsylvania

Uniontown is the largest city in and the county seat of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States, 46 miles (74 km) southeast of Pittsburgh.[2] The population was 9,984 at the 2020 census.[3] It is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area.

Not to be confused with Union City, Pennsylvania or Unionville, Pennsylvania (disambiguation).

Uniontown, Pennsylvania

United States

Pennsylvania

July 4, 1776

Bill Gerke

2.05 sq mi (5.32 km2)

2.05 sq mi (5.32 km2)

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999 ft (304 m)

9,984

4,731.74/sq mi (1,827.24/km2)

15401

42-78528

Education[edit]

Uniontown is part of the Uniontown Area School District, which includes Lafayette Elementary School (grades K–5), Menallen Elementary School (grades K–6), Ben Franklin Elementary/Middle School (grades K–8), Layafette Middle School (grades 6–8), and Uniontown Area High School (grades 9–12) within the city.[24] Students are also served by the Fayette County Career and Technical Institute for education in the trades. Laurel Highlands School District serves outlying areas immediately surrounding the city. Private schools include St. John the Evangelist Regional Catholic School and Chestnut Ridge Christian Academy.


Higher education in Uniontown includes the Westmoreland County Community College Uniontown Education Center, Penn State Fayette, Laurel Business Institute and United Career Institute. The city was formerly home to Madison College, operated by the Methodist Episcopal Church, from 1827 to 1857.

, a newspaper based in Uniontown, serves the city and much of the surrounding area.

The Herald-Standard

Fayette TV provides local programming on Breezeline Cable channel 77.

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Two radio stations are licensed to the Uniontown area on 590 AM, 101.1FM and 99.3 FM WPKL.

WMBS

Transportation[edit]

Uniontown is an important crossroads in Fayette County. The main route around town is a stretch of freeway bypass, the George Marshall Parkway, which is composed of parts of US 40 and US 119. US 119 enters the area as a two-lane route from Morgantown, West Virginia, and provides the northern half of the bypass before becoming a four-lane route to Connellsville. US 40 enters the region as a two-lane route from Brownsville. It serves as the southern half of the freeway before becoming a mountainous route through rural parts of the county and enters Maryland and reaches Interstate 68. The old portions of US 40, now signed as Business 40, serve the downtown area.


PA 51, a main four-lane route to Pittsburgh, and PA 21, which connects Fayette County with Greene County and Waynesburg, both terminate in Uniontown. PA 43, part of the Mon–Fayette Expressway project to connect Pittsburgh with Morgantown, West Virginia, is complete around the Uniontown area.


Local bus service is provided by Fayette Area Coordinated Transportation.

Professional wrestler (1946–1988), known as Frank Donald Goodish outside the ring.

Bruiser Brody

(1796–1850), religious circuit rider, U.S. congressional chaplain, Methodist bishop, first president of Madison College

Henry Bidleman Bascom

(1791–1863), former member of the U.S. House of Representatives

Henry White Beeson

(1906–1977), mystery writer born in Uniontown

John Dickson Carr

engineer and RCA astronaut born in Uniontown

Robert J. Cenker

(1870–1922), former United States Senator

William E. Crow

(born 1961), academic administrator and engineering professor

Teresa Abi-Nader Dahlberg

(1939–1963), first African-American Heisman Trophy winner, lived in Uniontown for most of his early life

Ernie Davis

(1813–1870), former member of the U.S. House of Representatives

John Littleton Dawson

(1918–2016), inventor of the Big Mac, born in Uniontown

Jim Delligatti

(1976–2005), former NFL defensive lineman

Tory Epps

(born 1964), 27th United States Secretary of Defense under President Donald Trump, born in Uniontown

Mark Esper

(1906–1998), noted illustrator, mystery novelist, gunning and bird dog writer, and dog breeder

George Bird Evans

(RADM, USN, Ret.; born 1947), born in Uniontown

Ronne Froman

(born 1953), former ABA and NBA player

Gus Gerard

(1785–1870), former member of the U.S. House of Representatives and former U.S. district court judge

Thomas Irwin

(born 1979), former NFL cornerback born and raised in Uniontown

William James

(born 1946), former NBA player and color commentator for the Los Angeles Lakers, played basketball for Uniontown High School and led them to a PIAA state championship in 1964

Stu Lantz

(born 1928), civil rights leader born in Uniontown

James Lawson

(1880–1959), American military leader, General of the Army, Secretary of State, and the third Secretary of Defense, born in Uniontown

George C. Marshall

(born 1963), former Major League baseball player, born and raised in Uniontown

Terry Mulholland

(1953–2013), former NFL star running back for the New Orleans Saints and San Diego Chargers, originally from Uniontown

Chuck Muncie

(1948–2009), former NFL cornerback for the Baltimore Colts and Minnesota Vikings, originally from Uniontown

Nelson Munsey

(born 1964), actor, singer, composer and lyricist

David Nehls

(1928–2013), actor of film and television, born in Uniontown in 1928

Larry Pennell

(born 1989), former NFL player

Kaleb Ramsey

(born 1949), former NBA/ABA player, also a West Virginia University all-time great

Wil Robinson

(1940–2000), first African-American quarterback for the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers, born in Uniontown

Sandy Stephens

(1791–1872), former member of the U.S. House of Representatives

Andrew Stewart

(1789–1878), former United States Senator

Daniel Sturgeon

(1931–2011), cartoonist, noted for the comic strip Ziggy.

Tom Wilson

(born 1963), former NFL football and NCAA basketball referee and currently a rules analyst for CBS Sports

Gene Steratore

(born 1947), former AFL football player and long-serving college and professional coach

Gene Huey

(1800-1850), former 8th Governor of Illinois, born near Uniontown before being raised in Monroe County, Illinois.

Thomas Ford

National Register of Historic Places listings in Fayette County, Pennsylvania

Hadden, James (1913). . Akron, Ohio: New Werner.

A history of Uniontown : the county seat of Fayette County, Pennsylvania

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Uniontown, Pennsylvania