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Welcome to Rocky Plains ...Rocky Plains is located in Newton County<1>. The location of Rocky Plains has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Rocky Plains, you might consider that their post office opened in 1848. A typical abbreviation for Rocky Plains: Rocky Plns. Rocky Plains is 720 feet [219 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Rocky Plains lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Rocky Plains is served by one (or more) of the following area codes: (470)<4>, (678) & (770). Communities near Rocky Plains ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Rocky Plains.
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 Rocky Plains. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Rocky Plains. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Rocky Plains. 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 Rocky Plains. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Rocky Plains. See our Newspapers Page for Rocky Plains. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rocky Plains ...Looking for more information about Rocky Plains? 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 Rocky Plains, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Rocky Plains. Adding Rocky Plains to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Rocky Plains 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 Rocky Plains was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Rocky Plains in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851). For more details, see References and Mentions for Rocky Plains. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Rocky Plains. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Newton County: www.co.newton.ga.us/ The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/ Footnotes ...
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