About Us





Richmond Township was formed in 1824, after splitting with Covington Township. Many surrounding townships were also originally a part of Covington Township. Historical information can be found in the county atlas in Tioga County Pennsylvania 1875 by John L. Sexton Jr., and it is worth a search on the web to find out more about our community.

2020 Census Reports Richmond Township's population to be at 2,169 people.

Richmond Township is made up of 50.8 square miles and totally surround the borough of Mansfield. Our road system contains about 60 miles of road most being dirt roads.

Three township residents make up the Supervisor Board: They are Chair: Tricia Hall, Gary Fish and Jeff Martin.

Meetings are held on a monthly basis with a workshop also being held on a monthly basis.

Richmond Township Supervisors Meet: The 1st Tuesday of the month at 7pm in the Richmond Township Meeting Room. If the meeting falls on a holiday, the meeting will be held the following night. The Organization meeting in January is held the 1st Monday of the year unless it is New Year's holiday. If this is the case, then the meeting would be the first Tuesday of the year.

Richmond Township Planning Commission meets the last Wednesday of the month at 7PM. In December there is no meeting. The Planning Commission is comprised of 9 volunteers.







February meeting minutes



Richmond Township Supervisors met February 3, 2026 at the township building in regular session with Supervisors Tricia Hall, Jeff Martin & Gary Fish attending.

Called to order at 7:00PM by Tricia Hall, who led the Pledge of Allegiance.

Comment Period: None

January minutes for Regular Meeting were presented. Motion by Fish, second Hall to approve the minutes, Unanimous.

Motion by Hall second Fish to accept the Treasurers Report, Unanimous.

Motion by Hall second Fish to approve Payroll & Invoices to pay for General Checks 8091 to 8112 totaling $96,855.12. State Checks 2661 to 2662 totaling $193.21, and No Impact Fee Checks, Unanimous.

Motion by Hall second Fish to Approve Tioga County's Solar Ordinance for Richmond Township, Unanimous.

Motion by Hall second fish to Approve Resolution 05-2026 a private lane for Mr. Butters off of bus. route 15, Unanimous.

Motion by Hall second Fish to approve and advertise the zoning change to "add uses not provided for", Unanimous.

Motion by Hall second Fish to have Brian Haight get with Wade to schedule a time to ride the roads to see what needs done first to get a gameplan, Unanimous.

Planning Commission minutes were presented.

Zoning Report given by Mary House.

No Correspondence was presented.

Motion by Hall second Fish to adjourn at 7:21 PM, Unanimous.


Respectfully Submitted, Mary J House, Secretary.










march agenda





Call to Order

Pledge of Allegiance

Comment Period:

February Regular Meeting Minutes

Treasurer's Report

Invoices & Payroll


General Bills-

Airgas Rental- $175.80 Blue Ridge- $151.97 DeHaven Services- $85.00 Lowe's- $37.65 Meeting Pay- $468.75 NTSWA- $192.50 Penelec's- $592.62 TC Commissioners- $590.55 UGI- $1,923.06 UniFirst- $385.26 Visa-$967.88 Williams Oil- $640.31

State Bills-

Berman Truck Group- $670.49 Mitchell Auto Parts- $842.84 Rakoski Auto- $592.20 Stephenson Equip.- $73.11 Steward Amos- $5,382.23

Impact- NONE



MOTION TO APPROVE SWINGLE SUB-DIVISION WITH A 10 ACRE EXEMPTION.

MOTION TO APPROVE TIOGA COUNTY'S DATA CENTER ORDINANCE FOR RICHMOND TOWNSHIP.

DISCUSSION REGARDING CODES ASSESSMENT PROFESSIONALS COMING INTO OUR AREA.

AUDIT REPORT READ BY MARY HOUSE- NO FINDINGS.

DATE FOR APRIL CLEAN UP WITH NTSWA IS APRIL 25TH WITH A DUMPSTER.

DATE FOR BID OPENING OF PIPE AND AGGREGATES IS APRIL 15, 2026 AT 12:00PM.

LIQUID FUELS WENT IN ON MARCH 2 FOR $227,846.57

REMINDER OF ROAD INSPECTION WHEN WEATHER ALLOWS.

PLANNING COMMISSION: Minutes Presented


ZONING REPORT- Presented

CORRESPONDENCE-Presented

ADJOURN




Services





Road Upkeep- We are responsible for the upkeep of the road in Richmond Township. Our road crew is comprised of 3 men currently to accomplish this task. ​



The Township Secretary manages all day to day activities in the office. Answering calls, emails and dealing with foot traffic during the day. Additional duties are managing the mail, income and expense accounts of the township (under the direction of all three supervisors) and handles permitting of multiple kinds of permits. Sub-Division and SALDO applications also start with the Secretary.



The Zoning Officer issues permits for Zoning, Signage and Demolition.



Our Recycling Center is open on Wednesdays from 12-4 and Saturdays from 8-12. We have a person on hand to help with anything you may need in the center. We take the following recyclables:

Tin, aluminum, metal cans & clear, brown and green glass, clean plastics 1- 7, magazines, papers, junk mail, corrugated cardboard. If you have any questions, just call the office or ask the Recycler as they should be able to answer your questions.

We also sell NTSWA garbage stickers for $4.00 each or $40.00 for a sheet.



Oversize/overweight road bonding required.
Contact the office for paperwork to fill out.



Richmond Township Building





563 Valley Road
Mansfield, PA 16933


richtownship@yahoo.com

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Chair-Tricia Hall-915 Bryant Road Mansfield, PA 16933-570-662-7791

Gary Fish- 649 Mudge Road Mansfield, PA 16933-570-724-7560

Jeff Martin, Route 6 Mansfield, PA 16933-570-337-1594










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Richmond Township



563 Valley Road
Mansfield, PA 16933



open records officer: mary house

forms are available in office, mail, email etc.