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Welcome to Romley ...So far, we found very little information about Romley. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Romley to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Romley, please Contact Us. Romley would have been located within present day Chaffee County<2>. The location of Romley has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Romley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886. While the community is gone, the present day location for Romley is 10,310 feet [3,142 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the elevation of Romley is about 2 miles [or ~3¼ km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Romley was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time The location where Romley once stood is in the (719) area code. Communities near Romley ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Romley.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Romley. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Romley. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Romley. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Romley. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Romley. See our Newspapers Page for Romley. Adding Romley to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Romley in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Romley was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Romley in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Romley. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Chaffee County: www.chaffeecounty.org/ The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/ Footnotes ...
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