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Greenville is a borough in northwestern Mercer County along the Shenango River, located roughly 80 miles from both Pittsburgh and Cleveland.

Greenville was established in 1819 and incorporated in 1836 as the Borough of West Greenville, shortening its name to Greenville in 1865.

Since January 1, 2020, Greenville has operated under a home rule charter as the Town of Greenville.

Greenville's population was 5,540 at the 2020 census, down from a peak of 9,210 in 1950; the 2000 census counted 2,464 households in the borough.

Greenville was long the home of the Werner Company, the world's largest manufacturer of step and extension ladders, although the company moved most of its offices out of Greenville in 2021.

Thiel College, a private liberal arts college, is located in Greenville and is one of the borough's major employers.

Greenville owns and maintains seven parks, the biggest being Riverside Park along the Shenango River, which features a recreation center, an outdoor amphitheater, and a playground built by community volunteers in 2012.

The Greenville Railroad Park and Museum displays the last surviving 0-10-2 'Union' steam locomotive, and the borough also has an Erie Extension Canal Museum.

The Alexander P. and James S. Waugh House, built in 1826 and the oldest brick house in Greenville, now serves as the Greenville Area Historical Society museum and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Greenville was designated a financially distressed municipality under Pennsylvania's Act 47 in May 2002, and the designation was not rescinded until November 2023, after more than two decades.