Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Richhill Township

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
–Not graded
History · Richhill Township

37% of Richhill Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1905 on and the census since 2000.

0on the National Register
37%homes built before 1940
1famous people
Add an old photoShare a memory
Photo: Chris Collins from Pittsburgh, PA, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0

What stands out about Richhill Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

Lost villages6 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Richhill Township, and 11 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Richhill Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19054 editions of the USGS map, 1905 to 1994. Watch Richhill Township change.Old burying grounds14 cemeteries and burying grounds inside Richhill Township.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

Six other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Ryerson Station
1826–1902
Wind Ridge
1849–today
Crows Mills
1858–1913
Bristoria
1869–1920
Video
1887–1902
Burdette
1890–1902
Durbin
1890–1908
18201920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BristoriaBryanBurdetteCrabappleCrows MillsDurbinNeboPolenRiggsRyerson StationWind Ridge
14cemeteries and burying grounds inside Richhill Township
AllumBraddockChessCrow FamilyDreamerEnonFairviewJacksonvilleJonesLazearLeslieSuplerUnion ValleyZollars

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Help out

Start Richhill Township’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Richhill Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
On the map

Richhill Township on the map, 1905 to 1994

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Richhill Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Richhill Township on the 1905 USGS mapRichhill Township on the 1964 USGS mapRichhill Township on the 1973 USGS mapRichhill Township on the 1994 USGS map1905Rogersville sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Richhill Township.

The story

How Richhill Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Richhill Township.

Read it all →

A significant Monongahela village was once located in northern Richhill Township, along the Enlow Fork. Today, the village is known as the Fisher site, and it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Richhill Township was formed in 1792, it was originally part of Washington County. When Greene County was formed in 1796, it included Cumberland, Franklin, Greene, Morgan, Richhill, and a small portion of Finley. Richhill Township is in 18th Congressional District, the 46th Senatorial District, and the 50th Legislative District of Pennsylvania.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Richhill Township, 1804 to 1913

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1804Born hereJesse Lazear is born here
  3. 1826Post officeThe Ryerson Station post office opens
  4. 1849Post officeThe Wind Ridge post office opens
  5. 1858Post officeThe Crows Mills post office opens
  6. 20th century
  7. 1902Post officeThe Ryerson Station post office closes
  8. 1905On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  9. 1913Post officeThe Crows Mills post office closes
By decade

Richhill Township, decade by decade

Today8 recent
WV 891 eb at PA state line, Aug. 20242024WV 891 eb at PA state line, Aug. 2024PA 21 eb past WV state line, Aug. 20242024PA 21 eb past WV state line, Aug. 2024PA 21 eb at Wind Ridge (4), Aug. 20242024PA 21 eb at Wind Ridge (4), Aug. 2024PA 21 eb at Wind Ridge (3), Aug. 20242024PA 21 eb at Wind Ridge (3), Aug. 2024PA 21 eb at Wind Ridge (2), Aug. 20242024PA 21 eb at Wind Ridge (2), Aug. 2024PA 21 eb at Wind Ridge (1), Aug. 20242024PA 21 eb at Wind Ridge (1), Aug. 2024PA 21 eb at Ryerson Station, Aug. 20242024PA 21 eb at Ryerson Station, Aug. 2024Walker Hill Road bridge2015Walker Hill Road bridge
People over time

Richhill Township, census by census

02004006008001,00020002020Peak: 1,062

Between 771 and 1,062 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Richhill Township’s Wikipedia page.

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

West Finley Township5 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMorris TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEast Finley Township3 historic placesB+Gray TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAleppo TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCenter Township3 historic placesA+Jackson TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Richhill Township’s history

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

Town Square →
Start a conversation
Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (8), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.