Darragh, Pennsylvania Explained

Official Name:Darragh, Pennsylvania
Settlement Type:Unincorporated community
Pushpin Map:Pennsylvania
Pushpin Label:Darragh
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Pennsylvania
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Westmoreland
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Elevation Ft:978
Coordinates:40.2664°N -79.6786°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:15625
Area Code:724
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:1172961

Darragh is an unincorporated community in Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. Originally a coal town, the community is located along Pennsylvania Route 136, west of Arona. Darragh has a post office, with ZIP code 15625, which opened on July 21, 1892.[1] [2]

History

The Madison Coal Gas Company of Greensburg, Pennsylvania established Darragh in 1890 to support the nearby Madison coal mine. Darragh eventually became the center of operations for the Keystone Coal and Coke Company's operations in the area of Little Sewickley Creek. These included the Madison, Arona, Sewickley and Keystone Shaft mines, which employed about 1,000 people. Darragh's population peaked near the end of the First World War, when the four Keystone mines reached their highest production levels. By 1925, the Madison, Arona and Sewickley mines had ceased operations.[3]

The Keystone Shaft mine closed in the mid-1930s. By 1938, Keystone Coal and Coke had withdrawn from Darragh.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code. December 20, 2015. United States Postal Service.
  2. Web site: Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code. United States Postal Service. December 20, 2015. April 28, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190428153255/https://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt008.cfm. dead.
  3. Web site: Muller, Edward K; Carlisle, Ronald C. . Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania: An Inventory of Historic Engineering and Industrial Sites. . 1994 . National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, pp. 108-109 . 1 December 2020.
  4. Book: Muller & Carlisle . 129–130.