West Overton
West Overton is a historic village located approximately 40 miles southeast of Pittsburgh, in East Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Also known as: “Overton”, “West Overton Historic District”, and “West Overton, Pennsylvania”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Pleasant/Scottdale Airport and Southmoreland High School.
Mount Pleasant/Scottdale Airport
Aerodrome
Mount Pleasant/Scottdale Airport is a privately owned, public use airport in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located three nautical miles south of the central business district of Mount Pleasant and near Scottdale, both boroughs in Westmoreland County.
Southmoreland High School
School building
Southmoreland High School is located in East Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, 40 miles southeast of downtown Pittsburgh. It serves grades 9–12. Southmoreland High School is situated 2 miles northwest of West Overton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bessemer and Alverton.
Bessemer
Hamlet
Bessemer is a populated place in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States at coordinates 40.1281278,-79.5550387 within Mount Pleasant. A road named Bessemer Road is located near the coordinates for the populated place listed in the Geographic Names Information System database.
Alverton
Hamlet
Alverton is an unincorporated community in East Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The community is located along Pennsylvania Route 981, 2.5 miles west of Mount Pleasant. Alverton has a post office, with ZIP Code 15612. Alverton is situated 2 miles northwest of West Overton.
Morewood
Hamlet
Morewood is an unincorporated community and coal town in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. In early April, 1891, it was the site of the Morewood massacre, which left nine striking workers of the United Mine Workers shot to death. Morewood is situated 2 miles north of West Overton.
West Overton
- Categories: ghost town, historic district, and locality
- Location: East Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.11757° or 40° 7′ 3″ northLongitude
-79.56421° or 79° 33′ 51″ westElevation
1,112 feet (339 metres)Open location code
87G24C9P+28OpenStreetMap ID
node 158548413OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Russian—“West Overton” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “西奧頓”
- Italian: “West Overton”
- Russian: “Уэст-Овертон”
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