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Welcome to Roland ...

Roland is located in White County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Roland, you might consider that their post office opened in 1849.

Roland is 440 feet [134 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Roland: 618 & 730<3>

Communities Also Named Roland ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 16 communities that are also named Roland - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (3), Manitoba, Minnesota, Missouri, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Texas.

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

Communities near Roland ...

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

  • Carmi
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Eldorado
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • McLeansboro
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Norris City
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Shawneetown
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Ridgway
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Crossville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Enfield
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Equality
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • New Haven
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Roland ...

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

Adding Roland to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Roland post office opened in 1849. The Roland post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Roland.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including White, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Roland - 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 618 code has been Overlayed with the 730 area code. New phone numbers in the Roland area will be assigned with one of these codes: 618 or 730. As a result, placing a call in the Roland 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/