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Welcome to Rowood ...

Rowood is located in Pima County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rowood, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1918.

Rowood is 1,710 feet [521 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Rowood lies in the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST) and does not observe daylight saving time

Area Code for Rowood: 520

Communities near Rowood ...

We have created a list of 6 communities that are near Rowood.

  • Childs
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childs
    • Childs is located in Pima County
  • Why
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Schuchuli
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Schuchuli. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schuchuli
    • Schuchuli is located in Pima County
    • Schuchuli has also been known as:
    • Gunsight Ranch
    • Gunsight Well
    • Gunsight
    • Sialatuck
  • Charco
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charco
    • Charco is located in Pima County
  • Vaya Chin
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaya Chin
    • Vaya Chin is located in Pima County
  • Wahak Hotrontk
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahak Hotrontk
    • Wahak Hotrontk is located in Pima 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 Rowood. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Rowood.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rowood ...

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

Adding Rowood to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Rowood 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 Rowood was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Rowood post office opened in 1918.

We also found Rowood on a map titled Shell Oil Road Map for Arizona (1956).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rowood.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arizona's counties, including Pima, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rowood - 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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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