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Kecksburg is an unincorporated community in Mount Pleasant Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. Located in a heavily wooded area along PA Route 982, it is approximately thirty miles southeast of Pittsburgh at an elevation of 1,209 feet.
The annual county show takes place on the second Thursday of September at the Society's showground and is said to be "one of the largest one day Shows in the Country". [3] [4] It includes competitive classes for heavy and light horses, beef and dairy cattle, sheep, pigs, goats, dogs, alpacas, rural crafts and Cumberland and Westmorland wrestling.
Nov. 1—Derry Township, at more than 97 square miles, is one of the largest municipalities in Westmoreland County. The township was formed in April 1775, two years after the county was created.
Derry and Latrobe were linked by the Westmoreland County Railway Company, which was an interurban operating from 1904 to 1932. [8] A helicopter crash into a crowd assembled for a festival at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Derry killed eight people and injured 18 others on Labor Day, 1978.
Nov. 22—(Editor's note: To mark Westmoreland County's 250th birthday this year, we've come up with a list of 250 things — 10 things in 25 communities — that we consider to be important to ...
The festival attracts thousands of bluegrass fans every year to celebrate the Northern Neck's musical and historical heritage. The Richmond County Fair, started in 1989, is dubbed the "Biggest Little Fair in the South." [4] It is held in August in Warsaw. The King George Fall Festival, founded in 1959, is held the second weekend of October in ...
July 31- Aug. 6, Clearfield County Fair and Park This weeklong county fair kicks off July 31 with the fair queen pageant competition, and horse races, a firework show and a parade in the following ...
Westmoreland County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, located in the Pittsburgh Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, the population was 354,663. [1] The county seat is Greensburg and the most populous community is Hempfield Township. [2] It is named after Westmorland, a historic county of England ...