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==History== Greenville was known for its manufacturing interests, including railroad shops, bridge works, gristmills, a cement-block plant, an automobile factory, foundries and machine shops, saw and planing mills, steelworks, a railroad-car manufacturer, and flour mills. Water power was supplied by the Shenango River. In 1900, 4,814 people lived in Greenville. That number rose to 5,909 by 1910, and stood at 10,000 in 1940. In 1950 there were 9,210 residents of Greenville.<ref>''Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer'', p. 719</ref> By 2000, the census showed a decline in population to 6,380. Greenville was designated financially distressed in May 2002 by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania under the [[Financially Distressed Municipalities Act]]. The designation was rescinded in November 2023 after improvement of the borough's fiscal situation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dced.pa.gov/newsroom/shapiro-administration-announces-end-of-greenvilles-distressed-municipality-status-under-act-47-after-more-than-two-decades/ |title=Shapiro Administration Announces End of Greenville’s Distressed Municipality Status Under Act 47 After More Than Two Decades |publisher=[[Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development]] |date=November 9, 2023 |access-date=January 24, 2024 }}</ref> The [[Greenville Commercial Historic District (Greenville, Pennsylvania)|Greenville Commercial Historic District]] and [[Alexander P. and James S. Waugh House]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>
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