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Welcome to Rote ...

Rote is located in Clinton County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rote, you might consider that their post office opened in 1880.

Rote is 750 feet [229 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Rote: 570 & 272<3>

Websites for Rote ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.clintoncountyinfo.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Rote, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Rote ...

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

  • Lock Haven
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Jersey Shore
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Hughesville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Mill Hall
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Avis
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Avis is located in Clinton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avis
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,476 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Avis <4>
  • Flemington
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Flemington is located in Clinton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flemington
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,312 people
  • Millheim
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Howard
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Beech Creek
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Loganton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rote ...

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

Adding Rote to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Rote post office opened in 1880. The Rote post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rote.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Clinton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rote - 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 570 code has been Overlayed with the 272 area code. New phone numbers in the Rote area will be assigned with one of these codes: 570 or 272. As a result, placing a call in the Rote 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/