Morewood, Pennsylvania

Morewood
Morewood
Unincorporated community
	Morewood Location within the state of Pennsylvania Morewood Morewood (the United States)
	Coordinates: 40°8′53″N 79°33′47″W / 40.14806°N 79.56306°W
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Westmoreland
Elevation	1,089 ft (332 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID	1181541

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.^[2]

References

^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Morewood, Pennsylvania
^ Napsha, Joe (June 3, 2018). "Lecture explores deadly 1891 coal miner strike outside Mt. Pleasant". Tribune-Review (Greensburg PA).

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[1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Morewood, Pennsylvania

[2] Napsha, Joe (June 3, 2018). "Lecture explores deadly 1891 coal miner strike outside Mt. Pleasant". Tribune-Review (Greensburg PA).

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States
County seat: Greensburg
Cities	Arnold Greensburg Jeannette Latrobe Lower Burrell Monessen New Kensington
Boroughs	Adamsburg Arona Avonmore Bolivar Delmont Derry Donegal East Vandergrift Export Hunker Hyde Park Irwin Laurel Mountain Ligonier Madison Manor Mount Pleasant Murrysville New Alexandria New Florence New Stanton North Belle Vernon North Irwin Oklahoma Penn Scottdale Seward Smithton South Greensburg Southwest Greensburg Sutersville Trafford‡ Vandergrift West Leechburg West Newton Youngstown Youngwood
Townships	Allegheny Bell Cook Derry Donegal East Huntingdon Fairfield Hempfield Ligonier Loyalhanna Mount Pleasant North Huntingdon Penn Rostraver St. Clair Salem Sewickley South Huntingdon Unity Upper Burrell Washington
CDPs	Bradenville Calumet Collinsburg Crabtree Fellsburg Grapeville Harrison City Herminie Hostetter Lawson Heights Level Green Loyalhanna Lynnwood-Pricedale‡ Mammoth Millwood Norvelt St. Vincent College Slickville Webster Wyano Yukon
Other unincorporated communities	Acme Alverton Ardara Armbrust Baggaley Bessemer Blackstone Boquet Bovard Brenizer Carbon Claridge Darragh Forbes Road Greenwald Hannastown Hopewell Hutchinson Jacobs Creek Jones Mills Kecksburg Larimer Laughlintown Lloydsville Lowber Luxor Marguerite Morewood Moween New Derry Pandora Peanut Pleasant Unity Reagantown Rector Reduction Rillton Ruffs Dale Salina Scab Hill Seger Southwest Stahlstown Standard Shaft Tarrs Torrance Trauger Turkeytown United Wendel Westmoreland City Whitney
Ghost towns	Cokeville West Overton
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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Morewood
Unincorporated community
Morewood Location within the state of Pennsylvania Show map of Pennsylvania Morewood Morewood (the United States) Show map of the United States
Coordinates: 40°8′53″N 79°33′47″W / 40.14806°N 79.56306°W / 40.14806; -79.56306
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Westmoreland
Elevation	1,089 ft (332 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID	1181541^[1]

Morewood, Pennsylvania

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