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Welcome to Roddy ...Roddy is located Roddy is located in Van Zandt County<1>. The location of Roddy has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Roddy, you might consider that their post office opened in 1885. Roddy is 430 feet [131 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Roddy lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Telephone area codes for Roddy: (903) and (430)<4> Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Texas communities named Roddy: This one is located in Van Zandt County and the other is located in McLennan County. Beyond Texas, there are 5 communities that are also named Roddy - they are located in Georgia, Maryland, Oregon and Tennessee. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Roddy. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Roddy. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Roddy. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Roddy. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Roddy. 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 Roddy. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Roddy. See our Newspapers Page for Roddy. Looking for more information about Roddy? 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 Roddy, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Roddy. We originally found mention of Roddy 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 Roddy was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911). We also found Roddy in the book titled .<6> From that list, the Roddy post office opened in 1885.
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