40 Donley St
Morgantown, WV 26501

Morgantown is a city and the county seat of Monongalia County, West Virginia, situated along the Monongahela River and close to the Pennsylvania border in the north-central part of West Virginia. Morgantown is part of the Morgantown-Fairmont CSA with a current estimated population of 194,918. The city is best known as the home of West Virginia University and the Morgantown Personal Rapid Transit system. West Virginia University is a public land-grant university that was founded in 1867, comprises 913 acres of the city, with total enrollment of 31,500 students. WVU is the driving economic force behind Morgantown and has an operating budget of approximately $980 million with $150 million annually in sponsored contracts and research grants. The downtown area is connected to the university by the Morgantown Personal Rapid Transit (WVU PRT). From 1975 to present, the PRT operates continuously with 98.5% reliability. Morgantown has shown continued population growth for the last 20 years and has consistently seen some of the lowest unemployment rates in the state.