Washington County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 209,349. Its county seat is Washington.
Charleroi is a borough in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States, along the Monongahela River, 21 miles south of Pittsburgh.
North Charleroi is a borough in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,302 at the 2020 census.
Monessen is a city in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, along the Monongahela River. The population was 6,876 at the 2020 census. It is the southwestern-most municipality of Westmoreland County. Steel-making was a prominent industry in Monessen, which was a Rust Belt borough in the "Mon Valley" of southwestern Pennsylvania that became a third-class city in 1921. Monessen is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area, the Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area, as well as the Laurel Highlands. It sits across the Monongahela from North Charleroi.
Charleroi is a city and a municipality of Wallonia, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. The city is situated in the valley of the Sambre, in the south-west of Belgium, not far from the border with France. By 1 January 2008, the total population of Charleroi was 201,593. The metropolitan area, including the outer commuter zone, covers an area of 1,462 square kilometres (564 sq mi) with a total population of 522,522 by 1 January 2008, ranking it as the 5th most populous in Belgium after Brussels, Antwerp, Liège, and Ghent. The inhabitants are called Carolorégiens or simply Carolos.
John Kinley Tener was an Irish-born American politician and Major League Baseball player and executive. He served as the 25th governor of Pennsylvania from 1911 until 1915.
Natalie Raitano is a former American actress and current fitness professional, fitness expert, strength training coach.
The Class D level Pennsylvania–Ohio–Maryland League began in 1906. By 1908, however, this baseball minor league was extinct. Cumberland, Maryland dropped out after 1906, leaving Maryland unrepresented in 1907. West Virginia was in the loop for about three weeks when Butler moved to Piedmont, West Virginia, but the team moved on to Charleroi, Pennsylvania.
The Charleroi School District is a public school district covering the Boroughs of Charleroi, Dunlevy, North Charleroi, Speers, Stockdale, Twilight, and Fallowfield Township in Washington County, Pennsylvania.
Ernest P. "Ernie" Kline was a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania State Senate and the 25th lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania, serving from 1971 to 1979.
The Pennsylvania State Association was a class D level league of minor league baseball that existed from 1934 until 1942. The league franchised were entirely based in Western Pennsylvania.
The 50th Pennsylvania House of Representatives District is located in southwest Pennsylvania and has been represented by Bud Cook since 2023.
Ron Hughes was the college scouting coordinator of the NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers.
The Mid Mon Valley Transit Authority is a public transportation service that is located in Washington County, Westmoreland County, and a small portion of Fayette County in Pennsylvania. It provides inter-city bus and paratransit service to select communities within the area.
Keith Lynn Ackerman is an American Anglican bishop. Consecrated as a bishop for the Diocese of Quincy in the Episcopal Church, he is currently bishop vicar of the Anglican Diocese of Quincy of the Anglican Church in North America and assisting bishop of the Diocese of Fort Worth.
The Charleroi–Monessen Bridge, officially the John K. Tener Memorial Bridge, is a two lane structure spanning the Monongahela River. The bridge connects North Charleroi in Washington County, Pennsylvania and Monessen in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. The structure connects Route 88 on the west bank of the river and Route 906 on the east side. The bridge, which opened in 2013, replaced a 1906 structure. The original bridge closed in 2009 due to structural deficiency.
United States Post Office—Charleroi is a historic building in Charleroi, Pennsylvania. It is designated as a historic public landmark by the Washington County History & Landmarks Foundation. It now houses the John K. Tener Library.
The Pennsylvania–West Virginia League was a professional minor league baseball league that consisted of teams based in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. It played from 1908 to 1909 as a Class D level league and again in 1914 as an Independent league.
Melvin B. "Mel" Bassi was an American lawyer, public official, and banker in Washington County, Pennsylvania.
The Charleroi Tigers were a minor league baseball team based in Charleroi, Pennsylvania from 1934 until 1936. However the team can be traced back to 1927 as the Charleroi Babes of the Middle Atlantic League. The name of the club changed in 1929 to the Charleroi Governors. The Governors ended play in the league in 1931; however, a Charleroi Tigers began play in 1934, as an affiliate of the Detroit Tigers, in the Pennsylvania State Association, and continued to play until 1936.
