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West Brownsville, PA

West Brownsville
Borough
West Brownsville Junction Bridge, spanning the Monongahela River
West Brownsville Junction Bridge, spanning the Monongahela River
Location of West Brownsville in Washington County, Pennsylvania.
Location of West Brownsville in Washington County, Pennsylvania.
West Brownsville is located in Pennsylvania
West Brownsville
West Brownsville
Location of West Brownsville in Pennsylvania
Coordinates: 40°1′47″N 79°53′11″W / 40.02972°N 79.88639°W / 40.02972; -79.88639Coordinates: 40°1′47″N 79°53′11″W / 40.02972°N 79.88639°W / 40.02972; -79.88639
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
County Washington
Established 1831
Government
 • Mayor Martin C. Brockman, Jr.
Area
 • Total 1.42 sq mi (3.68 km2)
 • Land 1.30 sq mi (3.36 km2)
 • Water 0.12 sq mi (0.32 km2)
Population (2010)
 • Total 992
 • Estimate (2016) 964
 • Density 742.11/sq mi (286.56/km2)
Time zone EST (UTC-4)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-5)
Greater Pittsburgh 724

West Brownsville is a former important transportation nexus and a present-day borough in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States and part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. The population was 1,075 at the 2000 census. Culturally, by postal route, and socially, the community is part of cross-river sister-city Brownsville, for the two were long joined by the Amerindian trail known as Nemacolin's Path that became a wagon road after the American Revolution. Brownsville was the first point where the descent from the Appalachians could safely reach the river down the generally steep banks of the Monongahela River. Between Brownsville and West Brownsville was a shallow stretch, usable as a river ford astride a major Emigrant Trail to the various attractive regions in the Northwest Territory, the first National Road, the Cumberland Pike (Now U.S. Route 40).

West Brownsville is located at 40°1′47″N 79°53′11″W / 40.02972°N 79.88639°W / 40.02972; -79.88639 (40.029731, -79.886412).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 1.4 square miles (3.6 km2), of which, 1.3 square miles (3.4 km2) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) of it (8.51%) is water.


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