When Conemaugh Twp. was created in February of 1801, Somerset County extended north covering half of present-day Cambria County. When Cambria County was created on March 26, 1804, Conemaugh Twp. was split in two, thus creating Conemaugh Twp., Cambria Co., and Conemaugh Twp., Somerset Co. Today, Conemaugh Twp. is located in the northwest corner of Somerset Co. and is bounded by Paint Twp. in the east, Quemahoning Twp. to the southeast, Jenner Twp. to the south, Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland Co. to the west, and Upper Yoder, Richland and Stonycreek Townships, Cambria Co. in the north.

Conemaugh is an Indian name which meant "long fishing place." The main villages are Davidsville, Hollsopple and Jerome. The township boasts a wide variety of religions, cultures and backgrounds, but its roots in the Amish and Mennonite Community are still ever-present.

Many of the early families who settled in the township included Alwine, Berkey, Blough, Border, Croyle, Eash, Gindlesperger, Hershberger, Howard, Johns, Kaufman, Keim, Livingston, Lehman, Miller, Mishler, Reed, Riffle, Stahl, Stutzman, Thomas, Weaver and Yoder.  

Hosted by Brian L. Cartwright, author of Johnstown's First Families

Census Records

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Cemetery Transcriptions

• Blough Cemetery

• Blough Mennonite Cemetery

• Jacob Blough Cemetery

• Yost Blough Cemetery

• Custer Farm Cemetery

• Frederick Custer Cemetery

• Davidsville Union Cemetery

• Eash Farm Cemetery

• Jacob Eash Cemetery

• John Eash Cemetery

• Heckman Farm Cemetery

• Hofecker Cemetery

• Holy Cross Cemetery, Jerome

• Joseph Johns Cemetery

• Sem K Johns Cemetery

• Sem Kaufman Cemetery

• Kaufman Mennonite Cemetery, Davidsville

• Keafer Cemetery

• Keim Cemetery

• McDaniel Burial Ground

• Maple Springs Brethren Cemetery, Jerome

• Miller Burial Ground

• Miller Cemetery

• Solomon Miller Cemetery

• Mishler Cemetery

• Old Ridge Road Cemetery

• Petet Farm Cemetery

• Sala-Livingston Cemetery

• Samuel Saylor Cemetery

• Shetler Cemetery

• Speicher-Hershberger Cemetery

• Stahl Mennonite Cemetery

• Thomas Cemetery

• Thomas Farm Cemetery

• Thomas Mennonite Cemetery

• Weaver Burial Ground

• Weaver Cemetery

• Wertz Family Plot

• Wertz-Miltenberger Cemetery

• Williams Burial Ground

• Wingard-Miller Cemetery

• Yoder Cemetery

• Moses Yoder Cemetery

• Stephen Yoder Cemetery

• Tobias Yoder Cemetery

Churches

For a listing of churches, please see Paint Township or Somerset County.

Maps

• Road Map by Linda Marker
• Topographic Map by Ed McClelland
• 1876 Property Map