Welcome to Romley ...
So far, we found very little information about Romley. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Romley to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Romley, please Contact Us.
Romley would have been located within present day Chaffee County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Romley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Romley is 10,310 feet [3,142 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Romley is about 2 miles [or ~3¼ km] above sea level.
Time Zone: The area where Romley was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time
The Area Code where Romley was located: 719
Communities near Romley ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Romley.
- Buena Vista
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Poncha Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pitkin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tincup
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Tincup is located in Gunnison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tincup
- Abbeyville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Abbeyville is located in Gunnison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbeyville
- Former name for Abbeyville:
- Hillerton
- Monarch
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Whitepine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Whitepine is located in Gunnison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitepine
- Whitepine has also been known as:
- White Pine
- Bowerman ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bowerman is located in Gunnison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowerman
- Bowerman has also been known as:
- Camp Bowerman
- Nugget City
- Maysville ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Maysville is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Ohio City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
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 Romley. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Romley.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Romley. 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 Romley.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Romley. See our Newspapers Page for Romley.
Adding Romley to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Romley 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 Romley was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>
From that list, the Romley post office opened in 1886. The Romley post office closed in 1924.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Romley.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Romley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Colorado's counties, including Chaffee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Romley - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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/ |