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Welcome to Round Lake ...

Round Lake is located in Jackson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Round Lake, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1906.

A typical abbreviation for Round Lake: Round Lk.

Round Lake is 260 feet [79 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Round Lake lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Round Lake (for example, toward Chattahoochee), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Round Lake: 850 & 448<3>

Communities Also Named Round Lake ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 15 communities that are also named Round Lake - they are located in British Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan (5), Minnesota (2), Mississippi, New York, Nova Scotia and Ontario.

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

Communities near Round Lake ...

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

  • Marianna
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Chipley
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Bonifay
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Cottondale
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Vernon
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Altha
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Wausau
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Jacob City
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacob City
    • Jacob City is located in Jackson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
  • Steele City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Steele City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steele City
    • Steele City is located in Jackson County
  • Fountain
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Round Lake ...

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

Adding Round Lake to Our Gazetteer ...

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

X2X - From that list, the Round Lake post office opened in 1906.

We also found Round Lake on a map titled Shell Oil Road Map for Florida (1956).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Round Lake.

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

The official website for Jackson County: www.jacksoncounty-fl.com/

The official website for State of Florida: https://www.myflorida.com/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Florida's counties, including Jackson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Round Lake - 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 Round Lake area will be assigned with one of these codes: 850 or 448. As a result, placing a call in the Round Lake 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>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.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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




 

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