Welcome to Rosario ...

Rosario is located on Orca Island.

Rosario is located in San Juan County<1>.

The location of Rosario has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

The pronunciation of Rosario: roh-ZAHR-eeoh<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rosario, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1906.

Rosario is 160 feet [49 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: Rosario lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

The telephone area code for Rosario: (360)

Communities Also Named Rosario ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Washington communities named Rosario: This one is located in San Juan County and the other is located in Skagit County.

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

Communities near Rosario ...

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

• Bellingham
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellingham
  • Bellingham is located in Whatcom County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 93,955 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bellingham <5>
• Anacortes
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anacortes
  • Anacortes is located in Skagit County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,715 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Anacortes <5>
• Ferndale
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
  • Ferndale is located in Whatcom County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,531 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ferndale <5>
• Friday Harbor
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friday Harbor
  • Friday Harbor is located in San Juan County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,544 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Friday Harbor <5>
• Orcas
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orcas
  • Orcas is located in San Juan County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orcas <5>
• Deer Harbor
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Harbor
  • Deer Harbor is located in San Juan County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Deer Harbor <5>
• Shaw Island
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaw Island
  • Shaw Island is located in San Juan County
• Waldron
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron
  • Waldron is located in San Juan County
• Lopez
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lopez
  • Lopez is located in San Juan County
• Urban
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urban
  • Urban is located in Skagit County

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rosario ...

Looking for more information about Rosario? 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 Rosario, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Rosario.

Adding Rosario to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Rosario 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 Rosario was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Rosario post office opened in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rosario.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for San Juan County: www.co.san-juan.wa.us/

The official website for State of Washington: https://access.wa.gov/