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Welcome to Rocky Head ...

Rocky Head is located in Dale County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rocky Head, you might consider that their post office opened in 1870.

Rocky Head is 470 feet [143 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel east from Rocky Head (for example, toward Fort Gaines (GA)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Rocky Head: 334 & 483<3>

Communities near Rocky Head ...

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

  • Enterprise
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Ozark
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Daleville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Level Plains
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Level Plains is located in Dale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level Plains
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,952 people
  • Brundidge
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Newton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Newton is located in Dale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,451 people
  • New Brockton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Clio
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Clio is located in Barbour County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,268 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clio <4>
  • Ariton
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Ariton is located in Dale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ariton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 736 people
  • Louisville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Louisville is located in Barbour County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 457 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rocky Head ...

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

Adding Rocky Head to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Rocky Head 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 Rocky Head was in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rocky Head.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Dale, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rocky Head - 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 Rocky Head area will be assigned with one of these codes: 334 or 483. As a result, placing a call in the Rocky Head area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.