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.

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

The location of Cliffs has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cliffs, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we 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.<4>.

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

If Cliffs still existed, it would have been in the (814) area code.

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 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.

Communities near Cliffs ...

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

• Everett
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Everett have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett
  • Everett is located in Bedford County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,717 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Everett <5>
• Central City
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Central City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
  • Central City is located in Somerset County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,021 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Central City <5>
• Hyndman
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hyndman have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyndman
  • Hyndman is located in Bedford County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 854 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hyndman <5>
• Saxton
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saxton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxton
  • Saxton is located in Bedford County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 679 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saxton <5>
• Schellsburg
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Schellsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schellsburg
  • Schellsburg is located in Bedford County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 317 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Schellsburg <5>
• Manns Choice
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manns Choice have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manns Choice
  • Manns Choice is located in Bedford County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manns Choice <5>
• Woodbury
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodbury have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
  • Woodbury is located in Bedford County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 265 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Woodbury <5>
• Hopewell
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hopewell have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
  • Hopewell is located in Bedford County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 236 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hopewell <5>
• Pleasantville
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasantville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
  • Pleasantville is located in Bedford County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 205 people
• New Paris
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Paris have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Paris
  • New Paris is located in Bedford County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 172 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Paris <5>

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 for Cliffs was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

We also found Cliffs on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Pennsylvania (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cliffs.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/