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Welcome to Mance ...

Mance is located in Somerset County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mance, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.

Mance is 1,980 feet [604 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Mance lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Mance: 814 & 582<3>

Communities near Mance ...

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

  • Cumberland
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Frostburg
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Somerset
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Meyersdale
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Berlin
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Boswell
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Lonaconing
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Carpendale
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Carpendale is located in Mineral County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpendale
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 900 people
  • Grantsville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Hyndman
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)

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 Mance. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Mance.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Mance. 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 Mance.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mance ...

Looking for more information about Mance? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Mance, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Mance.

Adding Mance to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Mance in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Mance was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Mance post office opened in 1892. The Mance post office closed in 1929.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mance.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Somerset, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mance - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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 Mance area will be assigned with one of these codes: 814 or 582. As a result, placing a call in the Mance area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/