Ruffs Dale, Pennsylvania

Ruffs Dale, also spelled Ruffsdale, is an unincorporated community in East Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania United States.

Ruffs Dale has its own post office, with zip code 15679, located at 875 State Route 31.

[5] During the French and Indian War, the Braddock Expedition, led by General Edward Braddock and accompanied by George Washington, is said to have crossed the Big Sewickley Creek between Ruffs Dale and Paintertown, with the goal of seizing Fort Duquesne from the French.

[6] In 1896, one of the first two rural mail routes in Pennsylvania was established at the Ruffs Dale post office; the other was based in New Stanton.

[7] Mines once operated in the area around Ruffs Dale, according to a United States Geological Survey map dated 1987.