page_title: Waynesburg, Pennsylvania
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Waynesburg, Pennsylvania / History
caption_attribution_description: English: c. 1865 photo of Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania. From the Greene County Historical Society on Flickr. Their metadata follows: Greene County, Pennsylvania Photo Archives Project Follow GCHS-AN027-0001-0115 Circa 1865. Real-photo postcard labeled "Old Cumberland Presbyterian Church On The Hill" in Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania. Photograph looking north from High Street toward the Commons (later the parks) in Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania. On the upper-left is Union School, later known as North Ward. The church on the upper-right is the old Cumberland Presbyterian, also known as the "Church on the Hill." Postmarked 1908, Washington, Pa. Original, no photographer or printer listed. Included in the Mrs. Niemi George Post Card Collection, archived at the Greene County Historical Society (918 Rolling Meadows Road, P.O. Box 127; Waynesburg, Pennsylvania 15370). Researched and digitized for the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Photo Archives Project between 2005-2012.
context_page_description: Waynesburg is a borough in and the county seat of Greene County, Pennsylvania, United States, located about 50 miles south of Pittsburgh. Its population was 4,176 at the 2010 census.
  The region around Waynesburg is underlaid with several layers of coking coal, including the Pittsburgh No. 8 seam, the Waynesburg seam, and the Sewickley seam. The area is also rich with coalbed methane, which is being developed from the underlying Marcellus Shale, the largest domestic natural gas reserve. Early in the 20th century, four large gas compressing stations and a steam shovel factory were located in Waynesburg.
  Waynesburg is named for General "Mad" Anthony Wayne, one of the top lieutenants of George Washington during the Revolutionary War. The borough is the location of Waynesburg University, and it is served by the Greene County Airport.
context_section_description: In August 1875 construction began of the 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge Waynesburg and Washington Railroad, conceived by John Day in 1874 and chartered in 1875. Its passenger service ended in 1929, and conversion to 4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in (1,435 mm) standard gauge followed in 1944 as a wartime measure. Then the railroad was renamed the Waynesburg Secondary Railroad. Regular freight service ended on this line in 1976, though part of it still serves (irregularly) for railroad access to a coal mine.
  The Waynesburg Historic District, Hanna Hall at the university, and Miller Hall are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
caption: Waynesburg c. 1865, showing the Union School (upper left) and the Old Cumberland Presbyterian Church (upper right)
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