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…

Listonburg is a small settlement, deriving its name from the Listons, who were the first to establish industries at this point. A tannery was started by John Liston about 1790.…

The village of Lavansville is situated about four miles west of the county seat. Its name is derived from David Lavan, who owned the eastern part of the town site.…

Kingwood, a small village in the north central part of the township, was founded by Alexander W. Walter in 1854.It consists of about a dozen houses and up to the…

Jennerstown was named for Dr. Edward Jenner, the originator of vaccination. It was laid out under the name of “Jennersville” in 1822 by John Dennison, who owned the land and…

Jenner Crossroads, a small town in the southeastern part of the township, was a tavern stand on the Old Pennsylvania Road. Prior to the laying out of this village the…

Hooversville is a small but pleasant village, situated in the midst of a fertile agricultural country. The first settler, on the land where the village now is, was Caspar Ripple,…

Glencoe is a small town on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in the southeastern part of the township. The first settler on the tract now occupied by the town was…

Gebhartsburg (Gebhart’s postoffice) is a small collection of houses, one-half mile east of New Centreville. Village lots were laid out in this place on November 22, 1834, at the same…

Garrett borough, four miles west of Meyersdale, was laid out in 1869, by John Jacob Schell, Isaac Hugus, John D. Roddy and George D. Wolf, on land that was at…