Needmore

Geography

Needmore is in south-central Fulton County, at the intersection of U.S. Route 522 (Great Cove Road) and Route 655 (Thompson Road) in Belfast Township. US 522 leads south to Interstate 70 at Warfordsburg and northeast to McConnellsburg, the Fulton County seat. PA 655 leads south to the Maryland border (the Mason–Dixon line). Hancock, Maryland, is south via PA 655 and south via US 522. The community is located in the valley of Tonoloway Creek, a southward-flowing tributary of the Potomac River. The north end of Tonoloway Ridge rises just south of Needmore.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  4,339
• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  4,138
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  3,876
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  3,855
• Tufted Titmouse

  Baeolophus bicolor (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  3,827
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  3,676
• Carolina Wren

  Thryothorus ludovicianus (Latham, 1790) · Aves
  3,466
• American Goldfinch

  Spinus tristis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  3,455

Largest nearby schools

• McConnellsburg El Sch
  Elementary · McConnellsburg · 429 students · 12.3:1 ratio
• Southern Fulton El Sch
  Elementary · Warfordsburg · 372 students · 12:1 ratio
• Southern Fulton JSHS
  High · Warfordsburg · 325 students · 14.8:1 ratio
• McConnellsburg HS
  High · McConnellsburg · 291 students · 18.2:1 ratio
• McConnellsburg MS
  Middle · McConnellsburg · 211 students · 14.1:1 ratio
• Fulton County Center for Career and Tech
  High · McConnellsburg

Most recent

• M 3.44 — 2019-06-13
  9 km N of Blain, 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 2.93 — 2009-04-24
  1 km S of Franklintown, Pennsylvania