Nearby Communities in the 1890s
We largely built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. Over time, we will continue to add communities that we find during our research.
If it applies, we indicate whether a community no longer exists and is now historic.<1>
While we didn't find Rocktown in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Rocktown. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Rocktown listed first.
- Tarrs
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Ruffs Dale
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Morewood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Morewood is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morewood
- Hunker
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- New Stanton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hawkeye
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hawkeye is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkeye
- Mount Pleasant
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Weavers Old Stand
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Weavers Old Stand is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weavers Old Stand
- Foxtown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Foxtown is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxtown
- Scottdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- West Overton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- West Overton is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Overton
- Iron Bridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Iron Bridge is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Bridge
- Southwest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Southwest is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwest
- Youngwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Waltz Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Waltz Mill is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waltz Mill
- Mendon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Mendon is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendon
- Everson
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Everson is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 744 people
- Owensdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Owensdale is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owensdale
- Laurelville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Laurelville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurelville
- Calumet
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- United
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- United is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for United
- Mutual
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mutual is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual
- Madison
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Smithton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pennsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Pennsville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennsville
- Kecksburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Kecksburg is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kecksburg
- Mammoth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mammoth is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mammoth
- Trauger
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Trauger is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trauger
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 Rocktown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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