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Welcome to Rock Haven ...

Rock Haven is located in Meade County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rock Haven, you might consider that their post office opened in 1848.

A typical abbreviation for Rock Haven: Rock Hvn. (or less commonly used: Rock Havn.)

Rock Haven is 660 feet [201 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel west from Rock Haven (for example, toward Cloverport), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Codes for Rock Haven: 270 & 364<3>

Communities Also Named Rock Haven ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Rock Haven - they are located in California (2), North Dakota and Tennessee.

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

Communities near Rock Haven ...

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

  • Elizabethtown
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Radcliff
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Shepherdsville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Vine Grove
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Corydon
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Corydon is located in Harrison County (IN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corydon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,181 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Corydon <4>
  • Brandenburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Lebanon Junction
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Irvington
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Muldraugh
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • West Point
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rock Haven ...

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

Adding Rock Haven to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Rock Haven post office opened in 1848. The Rock Haven post office closed in 1956.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rock Haven.

Footnotes ...

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