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Welcome to Rock Mills ...

Rock Mills is located in Randolph County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rock Mills, you might consider that their post office opened in 1847.

A typical abbreviation for Rock Mills: Rock Mls. (or less commonly used: Rock Mlls.)

Rock Mills is 780 feet [238 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: While Rock Mills is in the Central Time Zone, the area just to the east is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Rock Mills: 334 & 483<3>

The ZIP code for Rock Mills: 36274<4>

Communities Also Named Rock Mills ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Rock Mills - they are located in California, Ohio, Ontario and Virginia.

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

Communities near Rock Mills ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rock Mills ...

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

Adding Rock Mills to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Rock Mills 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 (so far) for Rock Mills was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Rock Mills post office opened in 1847. The Rock Mills post office closed in 1955.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rock Mills.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Randolph, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rock Mills - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 334 code has been Overlayed with the 483 area code. New phone numbers in the Rock Mills area will be assigned with one of these codes: 334 or 483. As a result, placing a call in the Rock Mills area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Rock Mills). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Rock Mills or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/