Welcome to Rockville ...

Rockville is located in Solano County<1>.

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rockville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1858.

Rockville is 60 feet [18 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Rockville lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

The area code for Rockville: (707)

Communities Also Named Rockville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 49 communities that are also named Rockville - they are located in Alabama, Connecticut, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky (2), Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New York (2), Nova Scotia, Ohio (4), Ontario (2), Oregon, Pennsylvania (12), Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia (2) and Wisconsin (2).

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

Communities near Rockville ...

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

• Concord
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
  • Concord is located in Contra Costa County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 128,544 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Concord <4>
• Vallejo
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vallejo
  • Vallejo is located in Solano County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 120,747 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vallejo <4>
• Fairfield
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
  • Fairfield is located in Solano County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 117,580 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairfield <4>
• Vacaville
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vacaville
  • Vacaville is located in Solano County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 101,332 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vacaville <4>
• Napa
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napa
  • Napa is located in Napa County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 77,032 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Napa <4>
• Pittsburg
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg
  • Pittsburg is located in Contra Costa County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 72,622 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pittsburg <4>
• Martinez
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinez
  • Martinez is located in Contra Costa County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 38,027 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Martinez <4>
• Suisun City
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suisun City
  • Suisun City is located in Solano County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 29,305 people
  • Suisun City has also been known as:
  • Suisun
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Suisun City <4>
• Benicia
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benicia
  • Benicia is located in Solano County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,988 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Benicia <4>
• Hercules
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hercules
  • Hercules is located in Contra Costa County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,221 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hercules <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 Rockville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Rockville.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rockville ...

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

Adding Rockville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Rockville post office opened in 1858.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rockville.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Solano County: www.co.solano.ca.us/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/