Rennerdale, Pennsylvania

About Rennerdale, Pennsylvania

”Rennerdale is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Collier Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, about 9mi southwest of Pittsburgh. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 1,150.GeographySet in the Allegheny Plateau, Rennerdale is built on a southward-facing hill that slopes from 1032ft down to 882ft, where it approaches Robinson's Run, a creek that flows eastward toward Chartiers Creek and the Ohio River. The surrounding area was mined for coal from as early as 1870, but the only currently active extraction enterprise is a quarry east of the town.HistoryAn early settler of this region was James Ewing, who arrived in 1770 and built a grist mill on Robinson's Run. Gabriel Walker and Isaac Walker, Scots-Irish brothers from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, arrived in 1772. Gabriel Walker's household was raided by Indians in 1782. Walker's Mills, the village east of Rennerdale, is named for Isaac Walker. Between 1760 and 1790, Gabriel Walker built a log cabin about 2mi northwest of present-day Rennerdale; today known as the Walker-Ewing Log House, the structure still stands. In 1976, it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. Many Walkers have continued to live in the area up to the present day. Read more

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