Nestled between two hills, the village of Markleton is seven miles west of Rockwood and divided by the Casselman River, thus putting part of the town in Black township and the remainder in Upper Turkeyfoot township. Its beginnings, about 1880, coincide with the establishment of the Markle pulp works for which it is named. At one time the village had a school, church, post office, apartment building, and train station. There were three mines in the area; Bergen-Aiken, M. A. Snyder and the Casselman Coal Co along with the Markleton Lumber Co.
Markleton’s biggest claim to fame was the Markleton Saniatarium, often called “Little Switzerland”. Open in 1890, it was a very popular health resort. In 1918, it was taken over by the War Department and converted into a hospital to treat the soldiers of WWI. Later, it was abandoned and torn down in 1940.
Today Markleton consists of only a few houses and the post office.
(contributed by the Rockwood Historical Society)
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