Place:Greenville, Mercer, Pennsylvania, United States

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NameGreenville
TypeBorough
Coordinates41.405°N 80.387°W
Located inMercer, Pennsylvania, United States
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Greenville is a borough with home rule status in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, United States. Located along the Shenango River, it lies roughly 80 miles from both Pittsburgh and Cleveland. It is 1.89 square miles in area, and had a population of 5,541 in the 2021 U.S. census.[1]

Incorporated as the Borough of West Greenville in 1836, it changed its name to the Borough of Greenville in 1865 and began to operate under a home rule charter on January 1, 2020, under the name of the "Town of Greenville." The origin of the name is speculated to have come from East Greenville, Pennsylvania.

Greenville is part of the Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area, and was designated a financially distressed municipality in 2002 by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

It is home to the Werner Company, the world's largest manufacturer of step and extension ladders. Other national companies based in Greenville include Bail USA and Athena Study Abroad. A prominent regional bus company based in Greenville is Anderson Coach & Travel.

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