Washington County, Pennsylvania

GPTKB entity

Properties (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf County
gptkbp:area 861 square miles
gptkbp:borderedBy gptkb:Ohio
gptkb:Fayette_County
gptkb:Westmoreland_County
gptkb:Allegheny_County
gptkb:Greene_County
gptkbp:contains gptkb:Peters_Township
gptkb:Donora
gptkb:California
gptkb:Washington
gptkb:Borough_of_East_Washington
gptkb:Borough_of_West_Brownsville
Charleroi
Canonsburg
McMurray
gptkbp:demographics Diverse population
gptkbp:distribution 241 people per square mile
gptkbp:education gptkb:Washington_&_Jefferson_College
gptkb:Penn_Commercial_Business/Technical_School
gptkb:California_University_of_Pennsylvania
gptkbp:elevation 1,200 feet
gptkbp:established 1781
gptkbp:governmentType Commissioner
gptkbp:hasCountry gptkb:Washington
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Part of the Underground Railroad
Home to the first oil well in the U.S.
Part of the Whiskey Rebellion
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Washington County, Pennsylvania
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Pennsylvania
gptkbp:majorHighway gptkb:U.S._Route_19
gptkb:U.S._Route_40
gptkb:Pennsylvania_Route_43
Interstate 70
Interstate 79
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Stephen_Foster
gptkb:John_McMillan
gptkb:James_Buchanan
gptkb:William_McKinley
gptkb:Andrew_Carnegie
gptkb:David_McCullough
gptkb:Henry_Clay_Frick
gptkb:George_C._Marshall
gptkbp:parks gptkb:Cross_Creek_County_Park
gptkb:Buffalo_Creek_Park
gptkb:Ten_Mile_Creek_Park
gptkb:Mingo_Creek_County_Park
gptkb:Peters_Lake_Park
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:population 207,820
gptkbp:timeZone gptkb:Eastern_Time_Zone
gptkbp:website www.co.washington.pa.us