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Welcome to Cliffs ...

So far, we found very little information about Cliffs. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Cliffs to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Cliffs, please Contact Us.

Cliffs would have been located within present day Bedford County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cliffs, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Cliffs is 1,080 feet [329 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Cliffs was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Cliffs was located: 814 & 582<4>

Communities Also Named Cliffs ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Cliffs - they are located in Idaho, Michigan and Washington.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Cliffs.

Websites for Cliffs ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.bedfordcountychamber.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Cliffs, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Cliffs ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Cliffs.

  • Everett
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Central City
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Hyndman
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Saxton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Schellsburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Manns Choice
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Woodbury
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Hopewell
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Pleasantville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Pleasantville is located in Bedford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 205 people
  • New Paris
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Cliffs. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cliffs.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Cliffs. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cliffs.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Cliffs. See our Newspapers Page for Cliffs.

Adding Cliffs to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Cliffs in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Cliffs was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cliffs.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Cliffs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Bedford, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cliffs - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 814 code has been Overlayed with the 582 area code. New phone numbers in the Cliffs area will be assigned with one of these codes: 814 or 582. As a result, placing a call in the Cliffs area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
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