Fayette County, PA

FAYETTE COUNTY, situated in the southwesterly part of Pennsylvania, with Monongahela river on the west. Area, 824 square miles. Face of the country broken with hills and mountains; soil fertile. Seat of justice, Union. Pop. in 1810, 24,714; in 1820, 27,285; in 1830, 29,237; in 1840, 33,574; in 1850, 39,312. (Fanning's, 1853)