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Welcome to Rogers ...

Rogers is located in Linn County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rogers, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

Rogers is 920 feet [280 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Rogers: 319

Communities Also Named Rogers ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 45 communities that are also named Rogers - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, British Columbia, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia (4), Indiana, Kansas (2), Kentucky (2), Louisiana (2), Maryland, Michigan (5), Minnesota (2), Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico (3), New York, North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon (2), Saskatchewan, Tennessee, Texas (4) and Virginia.

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

Communities near Rogers ...

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

  • Cedar Rapids
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Marion
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Hiawatha
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Anamosa
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Robins
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Robins is located in Linn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robins
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,570 people
  • Center Point
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Urbana
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Springville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Palo
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Shellsburg
    (16 miles [25.7 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 Rogers. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Rogers.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rogers ...

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

Adding Rogers to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Rogers 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 Rogers was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Rogers post office opened in 1900. The Rogers post office closed in 1914.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rogers.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Linn, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rogers - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/