Greensburg.
1 City (2020 pop. 14,976), seat of Westmoreland co., SW Pa.;
settled c.1770, inc. as a city 1928. Located in a coal area, the city
manufactures concrete, chemicals, machinery, and metal products. Col. Henry
Bouquet defeated (1763) Native Americans near there, opening up W
Pennsylvania for settlement. Greensburg (originally New Town) was located
midway between Fort Ligonier and Fort Pitt. It became the county seat in
1785. Seton Hill College and a branch of the Univ. of Pittsburgh are there.
2 Town (2020 pop. 740), seat of Kiowa co., S Kansas; inc.
1886. Located in a grain and livestock region, the town is notable for its
efforts to rebuild according to high energy and environmental design
standards in the wake of the 2007 tornado that destroyed much of the town.
The world's largest hand-dug well, 109 ft (33 m) deep, dug in
1887–88, is there, as is a half-ton pallasite meteorite found near
the town in 1949. 3 City (2020 pop. 2,034), seat of Green co.,
central Ky.; inc. 1793. It was originally founded in 1780 as Glover's
Station, but then renamed in 1792. Its courthouse (1803) is the oldest west
of the Allegheny Mountains, and its downtown district is on the National
Register of Historic Places. The town hosts an annual Cow Days festival.
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