Printer Friendly
Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary
3,590,518,164 visitors served.
forum Join the Word of the Day Mailing List For webmasters
?
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

Morgantown

   Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus, Wikipedia, Hutchinson 0.01 sec.
Morgantown, city (1990 pop. 25,879), seat of Monongalia co., N W.Va., near the Pa. line, on the Monongahela River; inc. 1785. A shipping point for a coal and limestone region, it also has glass, chemical, office furniture, mining equipment, and pharmaceutical industries. Fort Morgan was built there in 1772, and the first settlers arrived the same year. Iron, discovered in 1789, was the principal industry until the Civil War. The city is the seat of West Virginia Univ., which has two main campuses in town.


How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link
Feedback
Mentioned in?  References in periodicals archive?   Encyclopedia browser?   Full browser?
No references found
 
West Virginia University interim president Peter Magrath told the Faculty Senate that tuition at the Morgantown campus may go up as much as 4 percent this fall.
Hack, PT, DPT, MBA, PhD, FAPTA (1) Division of Physical Therapy West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV; (2) Department of Physical Therapy, Ann Arbor Veteran Affairs Health System, Ann Arbor, MI; (3) Department of Physical Therapy, Springfield College, Springfield, MA; (4) Department of Physical Therapy, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL; (5) Department of Physical Therapy, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.
Nitti and his wife Jane (Mitchell) Nitti of Morgantown, Pennsylvania, James J.
 
 
 
Encyclopedia
?

Terms of Use | Privacy policy | Feedback | Copyright © 2012 Farlex, Inc.
Disclaimer
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.