Editing Point Marion, Pennsylvania (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Point Marion PA January 13, 2019.jpg|thumb|Early morning winter view of the Point Marion valley]]
Point Marion is located near the southwestern corner of Fayette County at {{coord|39|44|9|N|79|53|59|W|type:city}} (39.735711, −79.899698).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> It lies within the angle formed by the confluence of the Cheat and Monongahela rivers; the Cheat forms the northeastern boundary of the borough, and the Monongahela forms the western boundary as well as the border with [[Greene County, Pennsylvania|Greene County]].

[[U.S. Route 119 in Pennsylvania|U.S. Route 119]] passes through the borough, crossing the Cheat River and leading northeast {{convert|17|mi}} to [[Uniontown, Pennsylvania|Uniontown]], the Fayette County seat, and leading south {{convert|10|mi|0}} to [[Morgantown, West Virginia]]. The [[West Virginia]] border is {{convert|1.5|mi}} south of the center of town. [[Pennsylvania Route 88]] crosses the Monongahela River leaving town and leads north {{convert|14|mi}} to [[Carmichaels, Pennsylvania|Carmichaels]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the borough of Point Marion has a total area of {{convert|1.21|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|1.02|sqkm|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.19|sqkm|order=flip|2}}, or 15.77%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010"/>
[[File:Point Marion PA 2019 06-23.jpg|thumb|Summer fun at Point Marion Community Park's dock, with Fort Martin Power Plant in the background]]
[[File:Point Marion PA 2019.jpg|thumb|Tugboat transporting barges of coal upriver past Point Marion to the Fort Martin Power Plant]]