Fayette County, PA Summer Camps

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The Woodlands Golf Academy

Farmington, PA

Camp Type:
Residential Camp
Gender:
Coed
 
 

Touchstone Center For Crafts

Farmington, PA
Camp Type:
Residential Camp
Gender:
Coed
 


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Fayette County Statistics

According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the county has a total area of 798 square miles , of which 790 square miles is lan. Other counties in Pennsylvania are Adams County, Allegheny County, Armstrong County, Beaver County, Bedford County, Berks County. Blair County, Bradford County, Bucks County, Butler County, Cambria County, Cameron County.

About Fayette County, PA

Fayette County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania . As of the 2010 census , the population was 136,606. The county is part of the Pittsburgh Metropolitan Statistical Area . Fayette County was created on September 26, 1783, from part of Westmoreland County and named after the Marquis de Lafayette . Its county seat is Uniontown .



History of Fayette County, PA

The first Europeans in Fayette County were explorers, who used an ancient American Indian trail that bisected the county on their journey across the Appalachian Mountains . In 1754, when ownership the area was still in dispute, 22-year-old George Washington fought against the French at Jumonville Glen and Fort Necessity . British forces under Washington and General Edward Braddock improved roads throughout the region, making the future Fayette County an important supply route. During the American Revolution , Fayette County was pllagued by attacks from British-allied Indians and remained an isolated frontier region. Also retarding settlement was a border dispute with Virginia; Virginia's District of West Augusta and Pennsylvania's Westmoreland County both claim the area. In 1780 the dispute was settled in favor of Pennsylvania, and Fayette County was formed from Westmoreland County in 1783. Fayette County settlers provided the new United States government with first test in the 1793 Whiskey Rebellion , when farmers rebelled against tax collectors to protest of a new liquor tax. President George Washington called out the militias to restore order. Fayette County continued to be important to travelers in the early 1800s. The National Road provided a route through the mountains for settlers heading west.


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