Richeyville is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

located within the borough of Centerville in Washington County,

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...

, United States. It is home to the Welsh-Emery House, built in 1878. Richeyville was developed as a mining community by

Jones and Laughlin Steel Company The Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation began as the American Iron Company, founded in 1852 by Bernard Lauth and Benjamin Franklin Jones, a few miles (c 4 km) south of Pittsburgh along the Monongahela River. Lauth's interest was bought in ...

to provide housing for the employees of its Vesta Coal Division situated in Centerville Borough.''Decisions of the Public Utility Commission of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania'', Volume 33 (1955). Currently, Richeyville's claim to fame is a local speakeasy that specializes in the finest homegrown sarsaparillas in a five-mile radius. While the exact whereabouts are unknown to most, a common saying among locals who know its location is "dusty dogs roam here."

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Unincorporated communities in Washington County, Pennsylvania Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania {{WashingtonCountyPA-geo-stub