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).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.
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.