User:MDK33/sandbox

This is my sandbox. Sand to be added later. MDK33 (talk) 01:11, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

History
Named for Joel Monroe, the area's first postmaster, Monroeville was settled in the mid to late 18th century. The area was incorporated as Patton Township in 1849 before becoming the borough of Monroeville on January 25, 1951. Monroeville became a Home Rule Charter Municipality on May 21, 1974.

The economic development of Monroeville is intertwined with the history of transportation in the region. From the early 19th century through the late 20th, the area now known as Monroeville developed, and sometimes regressed, in response to this technological evolution. This history can be organized into a few phases, each tied to the form of transportation which defined the era. First came the era of the Northern Turnpike and the stage coaches which traveled it, stopping at a little village which would eventually become the core of Monroeville. Next the Pennsylvania Railroad came to the Turtle Creek valley, which meant the death of the stage coach and a dispersion from Monroeville, whose business was drawn southward toward the growing towns of the rapidly industrializing railroad corridor. Then the automobile arrived on the scene, and the construction of the William Penn Highway once again allowed Monroeville to develop into a commercial center around an increasingly popular transportation route. Finally, the era of the automobile brought America's first superhighway to Monroeville: the Pennsylvania Turnpike, which was followed by the Penn-Lincoln Parkway (Parkway East), bringing high speed interstate highways to the borough. The era of the interstate highway brought greater commercial activity, job growth, and a population influx which made Monroeville into Pittsburgh's largest edge city at the beginning of the 21st century.