Fayette County, Pennsylvania

Founding: 1783
Parent county: Westmoreland

Namesake: The Marquis de Lafayette, Continental Army general
Seat: Uniontown (1784–)

Land area: 790 square miles

Population (2020): 128,804

Population (historic): 13,318 (1790); 27,285 (1820); 39,112 (1850); 58,842 (1880); 110,412 (1900); 198,542 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1940; 1970s; 1990s

Subdivisions: Two cities; 16 boroughs; 25 CDPs; 24 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 20,775 (32.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 50.4%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 29.2%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 16.5%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 12.8%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,019
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,224
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 3,267
Average farm size (1920): 54.9 acres
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Uniontown

Namesake: Unclear

Founding: 1776 (platting); 1795 (post office); 1796 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 9,984

Population (historic): 624 (1800); 1,710 (1840); 2,503 (1870); 7,344 (1900); 19,544 (1930)

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): pre-1800–1810; 1840s; 1870–1940
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