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Welcome to Rodden ...

Rodden is located in Jo Daviess County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rodden, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891.

Rodden is 670 feet [204 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Rodden: 815 & 779<3>

Communities Also Named Rodden ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Rodden - it's located in Virginia.

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

Communities near Rodden ...

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

  • Galena
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Galena is located in Jo Daviess County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,151 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Galena <4>
  • Savanna
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Bellevue
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Bellevue is located in Jackson County (IA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,185 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bellevue <4>
  • Cuba City
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Cuba City is located in Grant County (WI)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,047 people
  • Stockton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • East Dubuque
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Hazel Green
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Hazel Green is located in Grant County (WI)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Green
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,219 people
  • Shullsburg
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Shullsburg is located in Lafayette County (WI)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shullsburg
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,192 people
  • Benton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Benton is located in Lafayette County (WI)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 966 people
  • Preston
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Preston is located in Jackson County (IA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 941 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Preston <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rodden ...

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

Adding Rodden to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Rodden 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 Rodden was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Rodden post office opened in 1891. The Rodden post office closed in 1936.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rodden.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Jo Daviess, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rodden - 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 815 code has been Overlayed with the 779 area code. New phone numbers in the Rodden area will be assigned with one of these codes: 815 or 779. As a result, placing a call in the Rodden 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>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/