History of Morgantown, West Virginia
Morgantown is a city in Monongalia County, West Virginia|Monongalia County,{{GR|6}} West Virginia, on the banks of the Monongahela River. Part of the Pittsburgh DMA, Morgantown is the largest city in North-Central West Virginia and is the principal city of and is included in the Morgantown, West Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county seat, it is best known as the home both of West Virginia University and of a one-of-a-kind, experimental personal rapid transit system. The city was founded by Zackquill Morgan in 1772.
Of the ten largest cities in West Virginia, only Morgantown and Martinsburg, West Virginia|Martinsburg have a positive population growth since the last census. As of July 2005, the MSA had an estimated population of 114,501. Morgantown itself had a population 26,809 at the 2000 census (2005 estimate: 28,292)[http://www.city-data.com/city/Morgantown-West-Virginia.html City-Data.com: Morgantown, West Virginia]. West Virginia University constitutes 913 acres (3.7 km²) of the city and vicinity, and with the fall 2005 enrollment added an additional population of 27,115 students from every state, the District of Columbia, and 91 nations.
During the 1970s, the U.S. Department of Transportation built an experimental personal rapid transit system in the city, citing the area's variety of seasonal climates and geographic elevations as factors in testing the technology's viability. The Morgantown Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) has been in use since 1975.
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