Roots, Pennsylvania

{{short description|Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, US}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}

{{Infobox settlement

|official_name = Roots, Pennsylvania

|settlement_type = Census-designated place

|image_skyline =

|imagesize =

|image_caption =

|pushpin_map = Pennsylvania#USA

|pushpin_label = Roots

|pushpin_label_position = top

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|coordinates = {{coord|40|36|49|N|78|21|55|W|type:city_region:US-PA|display=inline,title}}

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = United States

|subdivision_type1 = State

|subdivision_name1 = Pennsylvania

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Blair

|subdivision_type3 = Township

|subdivision_name3 = Antis

|established_title =

|established_date =

| unit_pref = Imperial

| area_footnotes = {{cite web|title=ArcGIS REST Services Directory|url=https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer/5/query?where=STATE='42'&outFields=NAME,STATE,PLACE,AREALAND,AREAWATER,LSADC,CENTLAT,CENTLON&orderByFields=PLACE&returnGeometry=false&returnTrueCurves=false&f=json|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=August 8, 2023}}

| area_total_sq_mi = 0.10

| area_land_sq_mi = 0.10

| area_water_sq_mi = 0.00

| area_total_km2 = 0.27

| area_land_km2 = 0.27

| area_water_km2 = 0.00

| area_water_percent =

| population_as_of = 2020

| population_total = 101

| population_footnotes = {{cite web|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=P1_001N,NAME&for=place:*&in=state:42&key=5ccd0821c15d9f4520e2dcc0f8d92b2ec9336108|title=Census Population API|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=Aug 8, 2023}}

| population_density_sq_mi = 980.58

| population_density_km2 = 379.34

|timezone = Eastern (EST)

|utc_offset = -5

|timezone_DST = EDT

|utc_offset_DST = -4

|elevation_footnotes =

|elevation_ft = 1224

|postal_code_type = ZIP Code

|postal_code = 16686 (Tyrone)

|area_code = 814/582

|blank_name = FIPS code

|blank_info = 42-66004

|blank1_name = GNIS feature ID

|blank1_info = 2805553{{GNIS|2805553}}

|website =

|footnotes =

}}

Roots is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.

The CDP is in northwestern Blair County, in the center of Antis Township. It sits on Pennsylvania Route 865, which leads southeast {{Convert|1.6|mi}} to Bellwood and northwest up the Allegheny Front {{convert|6|mi|0}} to Blandburg. Roots is on the north side of Bells Gap Run, which flows southeast off the Allegheny Front and joins the Little Juniata River at Bellwood.