Ridgway Historic District
Posted by PA Heritage Staff on Nov 25, 2013 in | Comments Off on Ridgway Historic District In 1833, Ridgway was platted as an unincorporated village and named for wealthy Philadelphia Quaker Jacob Ridgway (1768-1843), who owned more than one hundred thousand acres in northcentral Pennsylvania. The village, originally located in Jefferson County, became the Elk County seat upon the county’s creation in 1843. Ridgway, incorporated as a borough in 1881, emerged as an important...read more