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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 north 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 Cambria 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 Cambria County: Bedford, Blair, Centre, Clearfield, Indiana, Somerset & Westmoreland.
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:
- Cambria County (The home county of Rockville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockville, with the one closest to Rockville listed first.
- Ehrenfeld
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Ehrenfeld is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ehrenfeld
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Cassandra
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Cassandra is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassandra
- Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
- South Fork
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Summerhill
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Saint Michael
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Saint Michael is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Michael
- Sidman
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mineral Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mineral Point is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Point
- West Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- West Point is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
- Salix
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Salix is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salix
- Beaverdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Beaverdale is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaverdale
- Dunlo
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Dunlo is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlo
- East Conemaugh
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- East Conemaugh is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Conemaugh
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,090 people
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockville, with the one closest to Rockville listed first.
- Pavia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pavia is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavia
- Pleasantville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasantville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 205 people
- King
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- King is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- Osterburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- New Paris
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Maria
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Maria is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maria
- Saint Clairsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Clairsville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clairsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
- Schellsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- New Enterprise
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- New Enterprise is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Enterprise
- Salemville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Salemville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salemville
- Waterside
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Waterside is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterside
- Loysburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Blair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockville, with the one closest to Rockville listed first.
- Blue Knob
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Blue Knob is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Knob
- Puzzletown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Puzzletown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puzzletown
- Cotton Town
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Cotton Town is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Town
- Claysburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Brooks Mill
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Brooks Mill is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks Mill
- Newry
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Cross Keys
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Cross Keys is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Keys
- Duncansville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Canan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Canan is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canan
- Roaring Spring
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Eldorado
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Eldorado is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- East Sharpsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- East Sharpsburg is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sharpsburg
- Clearfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockville, with the one closest to Rockville listed first.
- Sylvis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Sylvis is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvis
- Westover
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Westover is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 374 people
- McPherron
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- McPherron is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McPherron
- Coalport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lyleville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lyleville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyleville
- Blain City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Blain City is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blain City
- Rosebud
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rosebud is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebud
- Huntingdon County
- Entriken
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockville, with the one closest to Rockville listed first.
- Rexis
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rexis is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rexis
- Wehrum
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wehrum is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wehrum
- Dilltown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Armagh
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Claghorn ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Claghorn is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claghorn
- Littletown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Littletown is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littletown
- Nolo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Nolo is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nolo
- Heshbon
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Heshbon is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heshbon
- Suncliff
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Suncliff is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suncliff
- Alverda
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Alverda is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alverda
- Heilwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Heilwood is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heilwood
- Robinson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Robinson is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockville, with the one closest to Rockville listed first.
- Windber
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Paint
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Paint is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint
- Population from the 2020 Census: 930 people
- Tire Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tire Hill is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tire Hill
- Ogletown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Ogletown is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogletown
- Benson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Benson is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Davidsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hollsopple
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Blough
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Blough is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blough
- Jerome
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jerome is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Thomas Mill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Thomas Mill is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Mill
- Forward
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Forward is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forward
- Hooversville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hooversville is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooversville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 589 people
- Westmoreland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockville, with the one closest to Rockville listed first.
- Robb
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Robb is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robb
- Seward
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- New Florence
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- West Fairfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- West Fairfield is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fairfield
- Bolivar
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Laurel Mountain
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Laurel Mountain is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Mountain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
- Laurel Mountain has also been known as:
- Laurel Mountain Park
- Oak Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Laughlintown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Burrell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Burrell is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrell
- Ligonier
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Rector
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Darlington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Darlington is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
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.
- South Fork Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- St. Michael Catholic Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Michael Catholic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Michael Catholic Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the southwest of Sidman.
- The St. Michael Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Michael Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2181255 <3>
- Sidman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sherbine Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Pringle Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dunmyer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Josephs Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Josephs Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Beaverdale.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2171430 <3>
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. Bartholomew Catholic Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Snavely Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (221 more) ...
- St.s Peter & Paul Byzantine Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Prospect Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Prospect Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Portage.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2146685 <3>
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sacred Heart Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Sacred Heart Cemetery is located in Portage.
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.
- Ehrenfeld
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Ehrenfeld is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ehrenfeld
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- South Fork
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Cassandra
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Cassandra is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassandra
- Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
- Summerhill
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Salix
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Salix is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salix
- Mineral Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mineral Point is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Point
- Elton
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Dunlo
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Dunlo is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlo
- Vinco
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Vinco is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinco
- Conemaugh
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Conemaugh is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conemaugh
- Stonycreek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stonycreek is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonycreek
- Geistown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Geistown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geistown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,242 people
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Portage
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sonman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sonman is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonman
- Johnstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
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 66 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 12 miles [19.3 km]<2>. 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 start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Cambria County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bedford County
- Blair County
- Clearfield County
- Huntingdon County
- Indiana County
- Somerset County
- Westmoreland 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rockville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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. |