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Welcome to Roosevelt ...

Roosevelt is located in White County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Roosevelt, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

Roosevelt is 720 feet [219 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Roosevelt: 501

Communities Also Named Roosevelt ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 29 communities that are also named Roosevelt - they are located in Alabama, Arizona, California, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas (3), Utah, Washington (4) and Wisconsin (2).

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

Communities near Roosevelt ...

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

  • Searcy
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Batesville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Southside
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Southside is located in Independence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southside
  • Bald Knob
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Judsonia
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Kensett
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Newark
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Newark is located in Independence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,193 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newark <3>
  • Bradford
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Bradford is located in White County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 736 people
  • Pangburn
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Sulphur Rock
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Sulphur Rock is located in Independence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Rock
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 458 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 Roosevelt. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Roosevelt.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Roosevelt ...

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

Adding Roosevelt to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Roosevelt 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 Roosevelt was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Roosevelt post office opened in 1900. The Roosevelt post office closed in 1955.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Roosevelt.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including White, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Roosevelt - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/