Rohrersville

History

The first settlers to arrive in the vicinity of Rohrersville began to survey land tracts in the 1730s. "Park Hall," a tract of 1,550 acres, encompassing the present village of Rohrersville, was patented in 1732 by William Parks, and resurveyed in 1766 to Andrew Grimm. In 1747, Frederick Rohrer, a Mennonite from Germany, arrived in Philadelphia with his two oldest sons Samuel and Martin and the rest of his family. Frederick purchased property just east of Hagerstown from his brother Jacob, who had emigrated some years earlier. Their property was where Trovinger's Mill is now located. In 1763, Frederick's son Samuel bought three large tracts of land just north of Rohrersville at the same time John Rohrer of Lampeter, PA (perhaps a cousin?) bought the adjacent property, known as Piney Hills or Pennyhill. These properties are roughly bounded by Rohrersville Road (Rt. 67), Marble Quarry Road, Millbrook Road and Elk Ridge. By the mid-1790s, most of Samuel's children had left the area, but two of his sons, John and Frederick, remained, as did Capt. John M. Rohrer, grandson of the John Rohrer who had purchased Piney Hills. Samuel's son Frederick ended up owning most of his father's original property plus Piney Hills, and he named the combined properties Pleasant Valley. Frederick in turn had several sons, two of whom, Daniel and Samuel, are credited with starting a grist mill in the early 1800s that led to the formation of the village of Rohrersville. The name Rohrersville first appears in 1836. By the 1860s, Rohrersville had grown into a bustling commercial center for the surrounding farms of Pleasant Valley. A map of 1859 shows the growing number of businesses and residences in the town. In addition to the grist mill, the town also had a thriving marble industry, and a…

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , all land.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  18,567
• Carolina Wren

  Thryothorus ludovicianus (Latham, 1790) · Aves
  16,081
• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  13,399
• Carolina Chickadee

  Poecile carolinensis (Audubon, 1834) · Aves
  12,798
• Red-bellied Woodpecker

  Melanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  12,607
• Tufted Titmouse

  Baeolophus bicolor (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  12,425
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  12,371
• Eastern Bluebird

  Sialia sialis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  11,550

Largest nearby schools

• Boonsboro High
  High · Boonsboro · 747 students · 14.4:1 ratio
• Boonsboro Middle
  Middle · Boonsboro · 610 students · 13.9:1 ratio
• Boonsboro Elementary
  Elementary · Boonsboro · 509 students · 17:1 ratio
• Sharpsburg Elementary
  Elementary · Sharpsburg · 349 students · 20.5:1 ratio
• Greenbrier Elementary
  Elementary · Boonsboro · 256 students · 17.1:1 ratio
• Pleasant Valley Elementary
  Elementary · Knoxville · 212 students · 15.1:1 ratio

Most recent

• M 2.5 — 2025-10-27
  4 km E of Riverside, Maryland
• M 2.6 — 2021-06-25
  2 km SE of Woodlawn, Maryland
• M 2.81 — 2019-09-15
  5 km ESE of East Berlin, Pennsylvania
• M 3.03 — 2016-01-17
  3 km NE of Ranson, West Virginia
• M 3.6 — 2010-07-16
  5 km NNW of Barnesville, Maryland
• M 3.05 — 2010-06-03
  4 km ENE of Franklintown, Pennsylvania