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Welcome to Rock Bluff ...

Rock Bluff is located in Liberty County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rock Bluff, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1867.

A typical abbreviation for Rock Bluff: Rock Blf. (or less commonly used: Rock Bluf.)

Rock Bluff is 300 feet [91 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Rock Bluff lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Rock Bluff (for example, toward Altha), you will soon leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Codes for Rock Bluff: 850 & 448<3>

Communities Also Named Rock Bluff ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Rock Bluff - they are located in Nebraska, South Carolina and Texas.

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

Communities near Rock Bluff ...

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

  • Recovery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Recovery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Recovery
    • Recovery is located in Decatur County (GA)
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 33,015 people
  • Quincy
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Chattahoochee
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Blountstown
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Butlers Ferry
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Butlers Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butlers Ferry
    • Butlers Ferry is located in Seminole County (GA)
    • Estimated population in 2019: 1,759 people
  • Sneads
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Gretna
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Bristol
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Grand Ridge
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Greensboro
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)

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 Rock Bluff. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Rock Bluff.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rock Bluff ...

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

Adding Rock Bluff to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Rock Bluff 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 Rock Bluff was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Rock Bluff post office opened in 1867.

We also found Rock Bluff in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rock Bluff.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Florida's counties, including Liberty, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rock Bluff - 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 850 code has been Overlayed with the 448 area code. New phone numbers in the Rock Bluff area will be assigned with one of these codes: 850 or 448. As a result, placing a call in the Rock Bluff area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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