Star Junction, PA

Star Junction is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Perry Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States. The 2010 census counted 616 residents. The community is located on Pennsylvania Route 51. Star Junction was founded in 1893, when the Washington No. 2 Mine was opened by the Washington Coal and Coke Company. Star Junction makes sense once you see how its past, landscape, and current gathering spots overlap. The useful thing to know about Star Junction is that its older landmarks and current settings belong to one connected place. Star Junction is so-named because it was once the site of a railroad depot, the end of the line for the Washington Run Railroad. Star Junction is in northwestern Fayette County, in the southwest part of Perry Township. Via PA 51 it is 2 miles north to Perryopolis and 13 miles south to Uniontown, the county seat.