Fayette County	Fourth Class County
Total Population 2004	145,651
Area	790 Square Miles
County Seat	Uniontown - 2003     population 11,197
Founded	9-26-1783
Home of 15 Historic Districts	National Register of Historic Places
Home of 48 Historic Markers	Historic Markers located in Fayette County   Historic Markers throughout PA
Home of over 50 Historic  buildings and sites	National Register of Historic Buildings and Sites
Birthplace of General  George C. Marshall	General George C. Marshall  Nobel Peace Prize
Home of two National  Parks	Fort Necessity  Albert Gallatin House/Friendship Hill
Home of 5 National  Historic Landmarks	Isaac Meason House;  Searights Tollhouse;   Albert Gallatin House/Friendship Hill  Fallingwater  Hagan House
Home of Pennsylvania's  Largest State Park	Ohiopyle State Park
Frank Lloyd Wright's  Masterpiece	Fallingwater
Gateway for western   roadway expansion	National Road Heritage Corridor
Home of Pennsylvania's  largest cave	Laurel Caverns
Birthplace of the  Big-Mac	In 1967 franchise owner  Jim Delligati invented   the  Big Mac at the McDonald's  on Morgantown Street in Uniontown
Home of two  well-known resorts	Nemacolin Woodland Resort  Linden Hall

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FAYETTE COUNTY DATA  - The Penn State Cooperative Extension

Program in Fayette County provides a county profile at http://cecd.aers.psu.edu/county_profile.htm

 

PA DATA CENTER   -   The Commonwealths official source for demographic

and economic data and official liaison to the US Census Bureau can be found at www.pasdc.hbg.psu.edu