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Place Name
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Fayette County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Uniontown
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Population
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145,351 (1990)
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Location
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Pennsylvania, United States, North America
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Latitude
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39°55'N
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Longitude
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79°39'W
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Fayette
, county ( 797 sq
mi/2,064 sq km; 1990 pop. 145,351), SW Pa.; 
Uniontown; 39°55'N 79°39'W. Bounded S by W.Va. and Md. state
boundaries, W by Monongahela R., Laurel Hill forms part of E boundary;
drained by Youghiogheny R. (forms Youghiogheny River L. reservoir on SE
boundary). Agr. (corn, wheat, oats, barley, hay, alfalfa, apples;
sheep, hogs, cattle, dairying); timber. Bituminous coal; natural gas;
limestone. Mfg. at Uniontown and Connellsville. First settled 1752 by
Virginians. Whiskey Rebellion put down here in 1794. Friendship Hill
Natl. Historic Site in SW; Fort Necessity Natl. Battlefield in S
center; historic Cumberland Road passed through co. Chestnut Ridge
crosses center of co. NE-SW; part of Laurel Ridge State Park in NE;
large Ohiopyle State Park in E; Forbes State Forest in several small
sects. in S, including Que. Run Wilderness Area; part of Cheat L.
reservoir, on Cheat R., in SW corner; L. Courage reservoir in SE.
Formed 1783.
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