Greensboro

History

Like much of the region, Greensboro can trace its roots back to Native American settlement, to the Mingo tribes of the Northern Iroquois. What was to later become Greensboro was first known to the Mingo as "Delight", so named in recognition of the rich farmland that stretched along the banks of the Monongahela River. As early as 1752, settlers from the east and south began to stake their claims in the lands along the Monongahela. The first white settler of Delight was explorer-trader John Badolet, who was a close friend of John Minor. Minor was the leader of the first group to settle in the area presently known as Mapletown, to the northwest of Greensboro in Monongahela Township. In the early 1780s, Elias Stone bought Delight and divided it into blocks and streets; these still carry their original names. On February 9, 1790, Stone's growing village was named "Greensburgh" (later changed to "Greensboro") in honor of the Revolutionary War hero Nathanael Greene, for whom Greene County was also named when it was formed from Washington County in 1796. Due to its advantageous geographic location along the river, it quickly became an early trading center for settlers and travelers heading north to Pittsburgh and to points West. Albert Gallatin, a partner in Albert Gallatin & Company and later the Secretary of the Treasury under Presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, purchased lots in Greensburgh in 1795. The remaining partners moved the operation across the river to the northern section of Greensburgh, which consequently took on the name of Glassworks. Glassmaking was the primary industry for many Monongahela River towns, including the city of Pittsburgh as well as small towns such as New Geneva and Greensboro, for several decades preceding the Civil War. The late…

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Largest nearby schools

• Carmichaels Area El Ctr
  Elementary · Carmichaels · 444 students · 12.3:1 ratio
• Bobtown El Sch
  Elementary · Bobtown · 323 students · 12.9:1 ratio
• Carmichaels Area HS
  High · Carmichaels · 285 students · 11:1 ratio
• Mapletown JSHS
  High · Greensboro · 250 students · 9.6:1 ratio
• Carmichaels Area MS
  Middle · Carmichaels · 227 students · 16.2:1 ratio