Welcome to Rockwood ...
Rockwood is located in Imperial County<1>.
Rockwood is near sea level<2>.
Time Zone: Rockwood lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time
Note: If you travel east from Rockwood, you will leave Pacific Time and cross into the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST). In addition, you will be moving from an area that observes daylight saving time to one that does not.
Area Codes for Rockwood: 760 & 442<3>
Communities Also Named Rockwood ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 22 communities that are also named Rockwood - they are located in Alabama, Colorado, Illinois, Kentucky, Maine, Manitoba, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina (2), Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania (3), Tennessee, Texas and Wisconsin.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rockwood.
Communities near Rockwood ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Rockwood.
- El Centro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Centro
- El Centro is located in Imperial County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 43,601 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for El Centro <4>
- Brawley
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brawley
- Brawley is located in Imperial County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,015 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brawley <4>
- Imperial
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imperial
- Imperial is located in Imperial County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,663 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Imperial <4>
- Calipatria
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calipatria
- Calipatria is located in Imperial County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,781 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Calipatria <4>
- Holtville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holtville
- Holtville is located in Imperial County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,095 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Holtville <4>
- Westmorland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmorland
- Westmorland is located in Imperial County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,231 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Westmorland <4>
- Alamorio
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Estelle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estelle
- Estelle is located in Imperial County
- Niland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niland
- Niland is located in Imperial County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Niland <4>
- Amos ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amos
- Amos is located in Imperial County
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.
We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Rockwood. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Rockwood.
We have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Rockwood. See our Newspapers Page for Rockwood.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rockwood ...
Looking for more information about Rockwood? 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 Rockwood, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Rockwood.
Adding Rockwood to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Rockwood 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 Rockwood was mentioned on a train schedule titled Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (July 1929).
We also found Rockwood in the book titled SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - California & Nevada.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Rockwood.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Rockwood. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Imperial County: www.co.imperial.ca.us/
The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Imperial, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rockwood - 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 760 code has been Overlayed with the 442 area code. New phone numbers in the Rockwood area will be assigned with one of these codes: 760 or 442. As a result, placing a call in the Rockwood 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. |
| <5> | 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. |