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GREENSBURG , a See also: - BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
borough and the See also:county-seat of Westmoreland county, See also:Pennsylvania, U.S.A., 31 M. E.S.E. of See also:Pittsburg. Pop. (1890) 4202; (1900) 6508 (484 See also:foreign-See also:born); (1910) 5420. It is served by two lines of the Pennsylvania railway. It is an important See also:coal centre, and manufactures engines, See also:iron and See also:brass goods, See also:flour, See also:lumber and bricks. In addition to its public school See also:system, it has several private See also:schools, including St See also:Mary's See also:Academy and St See also:Joseph's Academy, both See also:Roman See also:Catholic. About 3 M. N.E. of what is now Greensburg stood the See also:village of See also:Hanna's See also:Town, settled about 1770 and almost completely destroyed by the See also:Indians on the 13th of See also:July 1782; here what is said to have been the first See also:court held See also:west of the Alleghanies opened on the 6th of See also:April 1773, and the county courts continued to be held here until 1787. Greensburg was settled in 1784-1785, immediately after the opening of the See also:state road, not far from the trail followed by See also:General See also:John See also:Forbes on his See also:march to Fort See also:Duquesne in 1758; it was made the county-seat in 1787, and was incorporated in 1799. In 1905 the boroughs of Ludwick (pop. in 1900, gor), See also:East Greensburg (1050), and See also:South-east Greensburg (62o) were merged with Greensburg.
See John N. See also: Boucher's See also:History of Westmoreland County, Pa. (3 vols., New See also:York, 1906).
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