Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Rockville (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Rockville. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Rockville is located in Bedford County.
To see how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Bedford County: Allegany (MD), Blair, Cambria, Fulton, Huntingdon & Somerset.
Below are the counties that are near Rockville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rockville:
- Bedford County (The home county of Rockville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockville, with the one closest to Rockville listed first.
- Kegg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kegg is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kegg
- Manns Choice
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Schellsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hyndman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Charlesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Charlesville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlesville
- Rainsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rainsburg is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Bedford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Wolfsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wolfsburg is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfsburg
- Beans Cove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Beans Cove is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Cove
- New Paris
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Cliffs ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cliffs is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffs
- Ott Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Ott Town is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ott Town
- Cooks Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Cooks Mills is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Mills
- Blair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockville, with the one closest to Rockville listed first.
- Cotton Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Cotton Town is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Town
- Claysburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Knob
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Blue Knob is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Knob
- Cambria County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockville, with the one closest to Rockville listed first.
- Scalp Level
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Scalp Level is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scalp Level
- Population from the 2020 Census: 691 people
- Dunlo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Dunlo is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlo
- Ingleside
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ingleside is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
- Beaverdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Beaverdale is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaverdale
- Salix
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Salix is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salix
- Sidman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Belmont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Belmont is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Ferndale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Geistown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Geistown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geistown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,242 people
- Lorain
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lorain is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 680 people
- Saint Michael
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Saint Michael is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Michael
- Dale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dale is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,110 people
- Daisytown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Daisytown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisytown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 290 people
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockville, with the one closest to Rockville listed first.
- Emmaville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Emmaville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmaville
- Crystal Spring
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Crystal Spring is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Spring
- Akersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Akersville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akersville
- Dott
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Dott is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dott
- Valley-Hi
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Valley-Hi is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley-Hi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15 people
- Sipes Mill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Sipes Mill is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sipes Mill
- Covalt
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Covalt is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covalt
- Needmore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Wells Tannery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wells Tannery is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells Tannery
- Warfordsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Ridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockville, with the one closest to Rockville listed first.
- New Baltimore
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Baltimore is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Baltimore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Fairhope
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Johnsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Downey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Downey is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downey
- Indian Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Lake is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 375 people
- Buckstown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Buckstown is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckstown
- Shanksville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Central City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Berlin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Callimont
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Callimont is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callimont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 38 people
- Wellersburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wellersburg is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellersburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 169 people
- Boswell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Hays Mill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Hays Mill is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays Mill
- Allegany County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockville, with the one closest to Rockville listed first.
- Ellerslie
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Ellerslie is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellerslie
- Flintstone
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Corriganville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Corriganville is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corriganville
- Mount Savage Junction
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Mount Savage Junction is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Savage Junction
- Rush
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Rush is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush
- Barrelville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Barrelville is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrelville
- Cumberland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Mount Savage
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- La Vale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Shanty Town ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Shanty Town is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanty Town
- Town Creek ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Town Creek is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Creek
- Eckhart Mines
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Eckhart Mines is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eckhart Mines
- Zihlman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Zihlman is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zihlman
- Garrett County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockville, with the one closest to Rockville listed first.
- Avilton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Avilton is located in Garrett County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avilton
- Grantsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Washington County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockville, with the one closest to Rockville listed first.
- Pearre
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pearre is located in Washington County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearre
- Hancock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hampshire County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockville, with the one closest to Rockville listed first.
- Donaldson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Donaldson is located in Hampshire County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donaldson
- Okonoko
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Okonoko is located in Hampshire County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okonoko
- Mineral County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockville, with the one closest to Rockville listed first.
- Ridgeley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Carpendale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Carpendale is located in Mineral County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpendale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 900 people
- Wiley Ford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Short Gap
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Short Gap is located in Mineral County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Gap
- Fort Ashby
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Morgan County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockville, with the one closest to Rockville listed first.
- Doe Gully
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Doe Gully is located in Morgan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doe Gully
- Orleans Cross Roads
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Orleans Cross Roads is located in Morgan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans Cross Roads
- Hansrote
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hansrote is located in Morgan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hansrote
- Magnolia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Magnolia is located in Morgan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Woodmont
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Woodmont is located in Morgan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodmont
- Paw Paw
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hancock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hancock is located in Morgan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rockville, see our County-by-County Page for Rockville.
Cemeteries Near Rockville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rockville.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Rockville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rockville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rockville, with the one closest to Rockville listed first.
- Camp Run Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Old Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fellowship & Union Cemeteries
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Schellsburg Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schellsburg Cemetery
- The Schellsburg Cemetery has also been known as:
- Chestnut Ridge Cemetery
- Old Log Church Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1964953 <2>
- Sarver Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Growden Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Ruby Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lebanon Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bedford Memorial Gardens
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Porter Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Oakdale Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Indian Springs Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Continue List (165 more) ...
- Fishertown Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Walker Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rocky Gap Veterans Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've 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. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<4>
While we didn't find Rockville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rockville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rockville, with the one closest to Rockville listed first.
- Bard
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Bard is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bard
- Buffalo Mills
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Buffalo Mills is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Mills
- Madley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Madley is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madley
- Fossilville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fossilville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fossilville
- Burning Bush
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Burning Bush is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burning Bush
- Kegg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kegg is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kegg
- West End
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- West End is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West End
- New Buena Vista
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- New Buena Vista is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Buena Vista
- Patience
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Patience is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patience
- Manns Choice
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Glen Savage
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Glen Savage is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Savage
- New Baltimore
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Baltimore is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Baltimore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Hoblitzell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hoblitzell is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoblitzell
- Hyndman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Schellsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rockville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rockville.
Newspapers Published in Rockville ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rockville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rockville, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rockville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Rockville:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Bedford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blair County
- Cambria County
- Fulton County
- Somerset County
- Allegany County
- Garrett County
- Washington County
- Hampshire County
- Mineral County
- Morgan County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Rockville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Rockville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |