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PA 31 (Mount Pleasant Road) eastbound in Ruffs Dale. Ruffs Dale, also spelled Ruffsdale, is an unincorporated community in East Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania United States. It is located approximately forty miles from Pittsburgh. Ruffs Dale has its own post office, with zip code 15679, located at 875 State Route 31. [1] [2]
A roadside marker erected on December 12, 1946 by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission at the intersection of Route 136 and Baltzer Meyer Pike reads: [7] [8] "Frontier post built by Pennsylvania German pioneers of the Harrold's and Brush Creek settlements in 1774. It was a refuge from Indians in Dunmore's War and the American ...
The county is part of the Southwest Pennsylvania region of the state. [a] Formed from, successively, Lancaster, Northumberland, and later Bedford counties, Westmoreland County was founded on February 26, 1773, and was the first county in the colony of Pennsylvania whose entire territorial boundary was located west of the Allegheny Mountains.
The furnace remained in blast until about 1822, and the Dale Forge was in operation until 1868. [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. It was bought by the Schalls in the 1820s, and it has been passed down through the Schall-Dibbern-Snow family since. The current owner is Natalie Dibbern. [1]
Tarrs is an unincorporated community and coal town that is located in East Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States.. Situated on Pennsylvania Route 31 approximately three miles (4.8 km) west of Mt. Pleasant, [2] it is the only location in Pennsylvania known to have an active and running ACA Allertor 125 Civil Defense warning siren.
Morewood is an unincorporated community and coal town in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. In early April, 1891, it was the site of the Morewood massacre , which left nine striking workers of the United Mine Workers shot to death.
Motordrome Speedway was a 1/2-mile NASCAR sanctioned racetrack located in South Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County, to the northeast of Smithton, Pennsylvania, United States. [ 1 ] Weekly series divisions that ran included super late models, modifieds, street stocks, chargers and super compacts. [ 2 ]
Unity Township was incorporated on September 23, 1789. Initial records show settlement going back to 1760. Residents of Mount Pleasant Township petitioned the court to establish a new township around the area next to the Loyalhanna creek, based on the inconveniently large size of the existing township, which made it necessary to travel long distances to conduct township affairs.