Welcome to Rocky Comfort ...

Rocky Comfort is located in Little River County<1>.

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rocky Comfort, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1846.

Rocky Comfort is 450 feet [137 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Rocky Comfort lies within the (870) area code.

Websites for Rocky Comfort ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.littlerivercounty.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Rocky Comfort, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Rocky Comfort ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Arkansas communities named Rocky Comfort: This one is located in Little River County and the other is located in Benton County.

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

Communities near Rocky Comfort ...

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

• New Boston
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Boston
  • New Boston is located in Bowie County (TX)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,568 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Boston <4>
• Ashdown
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ashdown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashdown
  • Ashdown is located in Little River County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,359 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ashdown <4>
• Hooks
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooks
  • Hooks is located in Bowie County (TX)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,709 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hooks <4>
• De Kalb
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Kalb
  • De Kalb is located in Bowie County (TX)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,611 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for De Kalb <4>
• Horatio
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Horatio have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horatio
  • Horatio is located in Sevier County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,011 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Horatio <4>
• Leary
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leary have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leary
  • Leary is located in Bowie County (TX)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 502 people
• Wilton
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
  • Wilton is located in Little River County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 343 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wilton <4>
• Haworth
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haworth
  • Haworth is located in McCurtain County (OK)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 294 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Haworth <4>
• Winthrop
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winthrop
  • Winthrop is located in Little River County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 179 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winthrop <4>
• Ben Lomond
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ben Lomond have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben Lomond
  • Ben Lomond is located in Sevier County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 140 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ben Lomond <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rocky Comfort ...

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

Adding Rocky Comfort to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Rocky Comfort in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Rocky Comfort was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Rocky Comfort post office opened in 1846.

We also found Rocky Comfort in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for State of Arkansas: https://portal.arkansas.gov/