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Welcome to Rob Roy ...

Rob Roy is located in Ohio County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rob Roy, you might consider that their post office opened in 1905.

Rob Roy is 430 feet [131 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel east from Rob Roy (for example, toward Upton), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Rob Roy: 270 & 364<3>

Communities Also Named Rob Roy ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Rob Roy - they are located in Arkansas, Indiana and Ontario.

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

Communities near Rob Roy ...

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

  • Central City
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Central City is located in Muhlenberg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,692 people
    • Former names for Central City:
    • Moreheads Horse Mill
    • Stroud City
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Central City <4>
  • Beaver Dam
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Hartford
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Morgantown
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Livermore
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Caneyville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Fordsville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Drakesboro
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Island
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Centertown
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Centertown is located in Ohio County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centertown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 430 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rob Roy ...

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

Adding Rob Roy to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Rob Roy post office opened in 1905. The Rob Roy post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rob Roy.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Ohio, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rob Roy - 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 Rob Roy area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Rob Roy 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/