Monessen
Sign in to saveAlso known as Monessen, Pennsylvania, Monessen, PA
city in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Pennsylvania
- County
- Westmoreland
- Incorporated
- September 3, 1898 (borough), September 16, 1921 (city)
- Named after
- Monongahela River and Essen , Germany
- Mayor
- Ron Mozer
- Total
- 3.02 sq mi (7.83 km )
- Land
- 2.89 sq mi (7.48 km )
- Water
- 0.14 sq mi (0.35 km )
- Elevation
- 1,128 ft (344 m)
- Density
- 2,381.7/sq mi (919.58/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( EST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 ( EDT )
- Fips code
- 42-50344
- School district
- Monessen City School District
- Website
- www .cityofmonessen .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Monessen
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Westmoreland County
- Population
- 6876
- Area
- 7.832031
- Elevation
- 1128
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Body of water
- Monongahela River
- Official website
- www.cityofmonessen.com
- Image
- Monessen02.JPG
- Households
- 3430
Show 7 more facts
- Commons category
- Monessen, Pennsylvania
- postal code
- 15062
- inception
- 1897-00-00
- P8168
- 2008–09 La Liga
- water area
- 0.354671
- water as percent of area
- 4.5285
- per capita income
- 28028
Sources (9)
via Wikidata · CC0
~12 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Monessen is a city in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States, along the Monongahela River. The population was 6,876 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area.
Steelmaking was a prominent industry in Monessen, and it became a third-class city in 1921. With restructuring of the steel industry in the late 20th century and loss of jobs, it is considered a Rust Belt borough in the "Mon Valley" of southwestern Pennsylvania. Monessen is included in the Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area, as well as the Laurel Highlands. It sits across the Monongahela from the city of North Charleroi.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Monessen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.