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Welcome to Roll ...

Roll is located in Blackford County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Roll, you might consider that their post office opened in 1881.

Roll is 870 feet [265 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Roll lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Roll: 765

Communities Also Named Roll ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Roll - they are located in Arizona and Oklahoma.

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

Communities near Roll ...

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

  • Marion
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Bluffton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Gas City
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Hartford City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Upland
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Fairmount
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Dunkirk
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Albany
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Eaton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Eaton is located in Delaware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,726 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eaton <3>
  • Montpelier
    (5 miles [8 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 Roll. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Roll.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Roll ...

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

Adding Roll to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Roll post office opened in 1881. The Roll post office closed in 1955.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Roll.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Blackford, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Roll - 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/