Welcome to Westmoreland County Pennsylvania
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My name is Kat Lowrie and our goal is to have any available information
pertaining to the history of Westmoreland County on line free of charge.
If you would like to contribute to this site, please contact me at monacaband@yahoo.com

I do not live in this county. This means that there is no one currently available to help answer your questions about this county's history or to help you with your family's genealogy within this county.
WE REGRET THAT WE ARE UNABLE TO DO PERSONAL RESEARCH FOR YOU.

Westmoreland County Data Online

Westmoreland County is a county located in the state of Pennsylvania.
It was founded on February 26, 1773 and was the first county in the colony of Pennsylvania west of the Allegheny Mountains.
Westmoreland County originally included the present-day counties of Fayette, Washington, Greene and parts of Beaver,
Allegheny, Indiana and Armstrong counties. The county seat is Greensburg.

Miscellaneous Newspaper Articles From the Past

Updated 01/13/08:
James Montgomery restored to life (1824)
Robbery of Rev. Mr. Power(1824)
Swiss imigrants pass through Greensburg (1824)
Murder of John Garner by John Decker and John Decker's escape (1824)
Huge tree cut down by John M'Clelland (1824)

 Obituaries and Death Notices

 McMahon's Journal

 Post Offices

Land Deeds and Transfers (And Power of Attorney)

  Wills, Probate Records, Orphan's Court and Posted Notices, Estate Records and Sales of Deceased

Cities, Boroughs and Census Designated Places

Adamsburg

East Vandergrift

Latrobe

 Municipality of Murrysville

 Seward

Arnold

Export

Laurel Mountain

 New Alexandria

 Slickville

Arona

Grapeville

Lawson Heights

 New Florence

 Smithton

Avonmore

Greensburg

Ligonier

 New Kensington

 South Greensburg

Bolivar

Harrison City

 Lower Burrell

 New Stanton

 Southwest Greensburg

Calumet-Norvelt

Herminie

Madison

North Belle Vernon

 Sutersville

Crabtree

Hunker

 Manor

  North Irwin

 Vandergrift

 Delmont

Hyde Park

McChesneytown - Loyalhanna

 Oklahoma

 West Leechburg

Derry

Irwin

 Monessen

 Penn

 West Newton

Donegal

Jeannette

 Mount Pleasant

 Scottdale

 Youngstown  

Youngwood

TOWNSHIPS
Allegheny Township  Bell Township Cook Township  Derry Township   Donegal Township
East Huntingdon Township  Fairfield Township Hempfield Township   Ligonier Township Loyalhanna Township
 Mount Pleasant Township North Huntingdon Township Penn Township Rostraver Township  Salem Township
Sewickley Township South Huntingdon Township St. Clair Township Unity Township Upper Burrell Township
Washington Township

Surrounding Counties

Armstrong County (north)

Indiana County (northeast)

Cambria County (east)

Somerset County (southeast)

Fayette County (south)

Washington County (southwest)

Allegheny County (west)

Butler County (northwest)

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