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Welcome to Ropers Landing ...

Ropers Landing is located in Pope County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Ropers Landing: Ropers Lndg. (or less commonly used: Ropers Lndng.)

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Ropers Landing for more information about variations on the name of Ropers Landing.

Ropers Landing is 330 feet [101 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Ropers Landing: 618 & 730<3>

Communities near Ropers Landing ...

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

  • Paducah
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Paducah is located in McCracken County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paducah
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,883 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paducah <4>
  • Metropolis
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Rosiclare
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Brookport
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Salem
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Salem is located in Livingston County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 717 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salem <4>
  • Golconda
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Joppa
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Smithland
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Elizabethtown
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Eddyville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ropers Landing ...

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

Footnotes ...

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