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Welcome to Rolfe ...

Rolfe is located in Elk County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rolfe, you might consider that their post office opened in 1879.

Rolfe is 1,470 feet [448 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Rolfe: 814 & 582<3>

Communities Also Named Rolfe ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Rolfe - they are located in Iowa, Michigan and West Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rolfe.

Communities near Rolfe ...

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

  • Saint Marys
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Ridgway
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Kane
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Kane is located in McKean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kane
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,421 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kane <4>
  • Brockway
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Mount Jewett
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Wilcox
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Streights
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Streights is located in Elk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Streights
  • Instanter
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Instanter is located in Elk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Instanter
  • Dagus Mines
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Dagus Mines is located in Elk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dagus Mines
  • Coontown
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Coontown is located in McKean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coontown

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rolfe ...

Looking for more information about Rolfe? 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 Rolfe, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Rolfe.

Adding Rolfe to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Rolfe 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 Rolfe was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Rolfe post office opened in 1879. The Rolfe post office closed in 1911.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rolfe.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Elk, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rolfe - 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 Rolfe area will be assigned with one of these codes: 814 or 582. As a result, placing a call in the Rolfe 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/