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The Monongahela River valley was the site of a famous battle that was one of the first in the French and Indian War—the Braddock Expedition (May–July 1755). It resulted in a sharp defeat for two thousand British and Colonial forces against those of the French and their Native American allies.
Named for the Monongahela River and the industrial German city of Essen, Monessen was created by land speculators fairly late in the history of the Mon Valley, after neighboring towns had already been settled. The East Side Land Company bought land from various farmers, laid out the streets, and then sold the lots to prospective residents and ...
Monongahela, [4] referred to locally as Mon City, is a third class city in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,149 at the 2020 census. [ 5 ] It is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area , about 17 miles (27 km) south of Pittsburgh proper.
Monongahela Township is in eastern Greene County, bordered on the east by the Monongahela River, which forms the Fayette County line. According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 18.0 square miles (46.6 km 2), of which 17.5 square miles (45.2 km 2) is land and 0.54 square miles (1.4 km 2), or 3.05%, is water.
Charleroi (/ ˈ ʃ ɑːr l ə r ɔɪ / SHAR-lə-roy) is a borough in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States, along the Monongahela River, 21 miles south of Pittsburgh. [4] Charleroi was settled in 1890 and incorporated in 1891. [ 5 ]
Donora is a borough in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States, approximately 20 miles (32 km) south of Pittsburgh along the Monongahela River.The population was 4,558 as of the 2020 census.
Monongahela, a 1988 album by The Oak Ridge Boys; Monongahela, a genus of prehistoric fish; Monongahela virus, an Orthohantavirus; Monongahela culture, a Native American group; USS Monongahela, one of various ships of the United States Navy; the Mon Valley, a variant name of the PATrain commuter rail service; Monongahela, a whaleship lost in 1853.
Turtle Creek is the English translation of the Native American name, [4] naming the area for its abundance of turtles. [5] During the mid-eighteenth century, the Turtle Creek valley lay on the western frontier of the British colony of Pennsylvania, and much of its early written history revolved around the French and Indian War.