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Welcome to Rover ...

Rover is located in the Idaho Panhandle.

Rover is located in Benewah County<1>.

Rover is 2,430 feet [741 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Rover is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: Rover lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Rover, you will leave Pacific Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).

Area Codes for Rover: 208 & 986<3>

Communities Also Named Rover ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Rover - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Maryland, Missouri, North Carolina, Tennessee and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Rover ...

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

  • Saint Maries
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Harrison
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Tensed
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Chatcolet
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Chatcolet is located in Benewah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatcolet
  • Parkline
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Parkline is located in Benewah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkline
  • Emida
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Emida is located in Benewah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emida
  • Santa
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Fernwood
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Saint Joe
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Saint Joe is located in Benewah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joe
  • Emerald Creek
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Emerald Creek is located in Shoshone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Creek

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rover ...

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

Adding Rover to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Rover 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 Rover was in the book titled North American Railroad Atlas - Mountain Plains.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rover.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Idaho's counties, including Benewah, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rover - 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 208 code has been Overlayed with the 986 area code. New phone numbers in the Rover area will be assigned with one of these codes: 208 or 986. As a result, placing a call in the Rover 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.