Welcome to Roachville ...
Roachville is located in Green County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Roachville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1908.
Roachville is 680 feet [207 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Roachville lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Note: While Roachville is in the Central Time Zone, the area just to the east is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).
Area Codes for Roachville: 270 & 364<3>
Communities Also Named Roachville ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Roachville - it's located in New Brunswick.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Roachville.
Communities near Roachville ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Roachville.
- Campbellsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Columbia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Greensburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greensburg have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensburg
- Greensburg is located in Green County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,057 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greensburg <4>
- Coburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coburg have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coburg
- Coburg is located in Adair County
- Wright's
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wright's. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright's
- Wright's is located in Taylor County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Wright's
- From Roachville to Wright's
- Kellyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cane Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kemp
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bengal
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Exie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
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 Roachville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Roachville.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Roachville. 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 Roachville.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Roachville. See our Newspapers Page for Roachville.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Roachville ...
Looking for more information about Roachville? 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 Roachville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Roachville.
Adding Roachville to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Roachville 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 for Roachville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>
From that list, the Roachville post office opened in 1908.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Roachville.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Green, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Roachville - 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 270 code has been Overlayed with the 364 area code. New phone numbers in the Roachville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Roachville 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <6> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <7> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |