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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Westmoreland County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. At the 2010 census, the population was 365,169. The county seat is Greensburg. Formed from, successively, Lancaster, Northumberland, and later Bedford counties, Westmoreland County was founded on February 26, 1773, and was the first county in the colony of Pennsylvania whose entire territorial boundary was located west of the Allegheny Mountains. Westmoreland County originally included the present-day counties of Fayette, Washington, Greene, and parts of Beaver, Allegheny, Indiana, and Armstrong counties. It is named after Westmorland, a historic county of England.
Westmoreland County is included in the Pittsburgh Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Timeline
Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year | Population
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1790 | 16,018
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1800 | 22,726
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1810 | 26,392
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1820 | 30,540
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1830 | 38,400
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1840 | 42,699
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1850 | 51,726
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1860 | 53,736
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1870 | 58,719
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1880 | 78,036
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1890 | 112,819
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1900 | 160,175
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1910 | 231,304
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1920 | 273,568
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1930 | 294,995
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1940 | 303,411
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1950 | 313,179
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1960 | 352,629
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1970 | 376,935
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1980 | 392,294
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1990 | 370,321
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Research Tips
External links
- Outstanding guide to Westmoreland County family history and genealogy resources (FamilySearch Research Wiki). Birth, marriage, and death records, censuses, wills, deeds, county histories, cemeteries, churches, newspapers, libraries, and genealogical societies.
- www.co.westmoreland.pa.us/
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