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 Rodman (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 Rodman. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Rodman is located in Blair 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 Blair County: Bedford, Cambria, Centre & Huntingdon.
Below are the counties that are near Rodman. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rodman:
- Blair County (The home county of Rodman)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rodman, with the one closest to Rodman listed first.
- Roaring Spring
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- East Sharpsburg
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- East Sharpsburg is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sharpsburg
- Brooks Mill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Brooks Mill is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks Mill
- Newry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Martinsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Claysburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Duncansville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Puzzletown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Puzzletown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puzzletown
- Clover Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Clover Creek is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Creek
- Hollidaysburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cotton Town
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cotton Town is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Town
- Cross Keys
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cross Keys is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Keys
- Frankstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Frankstown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankstown
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rodman, with the one closest to Rodman listed first.
- King
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- King is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- Maria
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Maria is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maria
- Waterside
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Waterside is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterside
- New Enterprise
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- New Enterprise is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Enterprise
- Pavia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pavia is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavia
- Loysburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Woodbury
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Salemville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Salemville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salemville
- Osterburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Marble City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Marble City is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble City
- Riddlesburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Riddlesburg is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddlesburg
- Yellow Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Yellow Creek is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek
- Langdondale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Langdondale is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdondale
- Cambria County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rodman, with the one closest to Rodman listed first.
- Tunnelhill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tunnelhill is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnelhill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 327 people
- Summit
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Summit is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Bens Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Bens Creek is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bens Creek
- Puritan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Puritan is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puritan
- Scarlan Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Scarlan Hill is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarlan Hill
- Cresson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sankertown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sankertown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sankertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
- Oil City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Oil City is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Sonman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Sonman is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonman
- Buckhorn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Buckhorn is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
- Gallitzin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Portage
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Spring Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Spring Hill is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
- Clearfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rodman, with the one closest to Rodman listed first.
- Lyleville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Lyleville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyleville
- Utahville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Utahville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utahville
- Blain City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Blain City is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blain City
- Coalport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Ginter
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Ginter is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginter
- Rosebud
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Rosebud is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebud
- Hegarty Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hegarty Crossroads is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hegarty Crossroads
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rodman, with the one closest to Rodman listed first.
- Wells Tannery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wells Tannery is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells Tannery
- Waterfall
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Valley-Hi
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Valley-Hi is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley-Hi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15 people
- Akersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Akersville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akersville
- Clear Ridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Clear Ridge is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Ridge
- Laidig
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Laidig is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laidig
- Crystal Spring
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Crystal Spring is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Spring
- Fort Littleton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Emmaville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Emmaville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmaville
- Harrisonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Harrisonville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisonville
- Huntingdon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rodman, with the one closest to Rodman listed first.
- Entriken
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Marklesburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Marklesburg is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marklesburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- Middletown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Middletown is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
- Coalmont
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Coalmont is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Salter
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Salter is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salter
- Dudley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dudley is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- Hesston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Broad Top City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Broad Top City is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broad Top City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 443 people
- Todd
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Todd is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd
- McConnellstown
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- McConnellstown is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McConnellstown
- Cooks
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Cooks is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks
- Robertsdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Robertsdale is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsdale
- Cassville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Cassville is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rodman, with the one closest to Rodman listed first.
- Rexis
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Rexis is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rexis
- Wehrum
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Wehrum is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wehrum
- Mifflin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rodman, with the one closest to Rodman listed first.
- Kistler
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Kistler is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kistler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Newton Hamilton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Newton Hamilton is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Hamilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rodman, with the one closest to Rodman listed first.
- Ogletown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Ogletown is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogletown
- Windber
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Paint
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Paint is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint
- Population from the 2020 Census: 930 people
- Central City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tire Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Tire Hill is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tire Hill
- Forward
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Forward is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forward
- Blough
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Blough is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blough
- Benson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Benson is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Davidsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hollsopple
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Buckstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Buckstown is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckstown
- Hooversville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hooversville is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooversville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 589 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rodman, see our County-by-County Page for Rodman.
Cemeteries Near Rodman ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rodman.
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 Rodman - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rodman covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rodman, with the one closest to Rodman listed first.
- Stowberger Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Noggle Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kauffman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Detwiler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mennonite Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Smith Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Cemetery
- The Smith Cemetery has also been known as:
- Paul Cemetery
- Smithfield Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Holsinger Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Green Lawn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Shriver Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brumbaugh Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (316 more) ...
- Dilling Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hollidaysburg Presbyterian Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Rodman had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rodman, with the one closest to Rodman listed first.
- Roaring Spring
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- East Sharpsburg
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- East Sharpsburg is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sharpsburg
- McKee
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- McKee is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKee
- East Freedom
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Brooks Mill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Brooks Mill is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks Mill
- Ore Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Ore Hill is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ore Hill
- Claysburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Martinsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Newry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Duncansville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bakers Summit
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bakers Summit is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakers Summit
- Curryville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Curryville is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curryville
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Loop
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Loop is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loop
- Clover Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Clover Creek is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Creek
- Hollidaysburg
(6 miles [9.7 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 Rodman. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rodman.
Newspapers Published in Rodman ...
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 56 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rodman.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rodman, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rodman.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Rodman:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Blair County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bedford County
- Cambria County
- Clearfield County
- Fulton County
- Huntingdon County
- Indiana County
- Mifflin County
- Somerset 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> | 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 Rodman, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Rodman) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |