Welcome to Rockaway ...So far, we found very little information about Rockaway. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Rockaway to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Rockaway, please Contact Us. Rockaway would have been located within present day Jackson County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Rockaway, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was on a map dated 1911. While the community is gone, the present day location for Rockaway is 610 feet [186 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where Rockaway was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Rockaway was located: 563 Communities Also Named Rockaway ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Rockaway - they are located in Alabama, New Jersey, Ohio and Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rockaway. Communities near Rockaway ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Rockaway.
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 Rockaway. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Rockaway. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Rockaway. 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 Rockaway. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Rockaway. See our Newspapers Page for Rockaway. Adding Rockaway to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Rockaway in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Rockaway was on a map titled Map of Iowa (from Rand McNally, 1911). For more details, see References and Mentions for Rockaway. Footnotes ...
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