Welcome to Roll ...

Roll is located in Roger Mills County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Roll, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1903.

Roll is 2,270 feet [692 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Roll is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: Roll lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The area code for Roll: (580)

Communities Also Named Roll ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Roll - they are located in Arizona and Indiana.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Roll.

Communities near Roll ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Roll.

• Cheyenne
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheyenne
  • Cheyenne is located in Roger Mills County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 769 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cheyenne <3>
• Reydon
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reydon have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reydon
  • Reydon is located in Roger Mills County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 205 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Reydon <3>
• Strong City
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Strong City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strong City
  • Strong City is located in Roger Mills County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 46 people
• Crawford
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
  • Crawford is located in Roger Mills County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crawford <3>
• Durham
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durham
  • Durham is located in Roger Mills County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Durham <3>
• Hammon
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammon
  • Hammon is located in Roger Mills County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 555 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hammon <3>
• Leedey
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leedey
  • Leedey is located in Dewey County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 442 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leedey <3>
• Berlin
  (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
  • Berlin is located in Roger Mills County
• Arnett
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnett
  • Arnett is located in Ellis County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 478 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arnett <3>
• Allison
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allison
  • Allison is located in Wheeler County (TX)
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Allison <3>

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 Roll. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Roll.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Roll. 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 Roll.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Roll. See our Newspapers Page for Roll.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Roll ...

Looking for more information about Roll? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Roll, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Roll.

Adding Roll to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Roll 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 Roll was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Roll post office opened in 1903.

We also found Roll on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Oklahoma (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Roll.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Roll. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Oklahoma: https://www.ok.gov/