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Welcome to Rooney ...

Rooney is located in Carter County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rooney, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.

Rooney is 790 feet [241 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel south from Rooney, you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Rooney: 606

Communities Also Named Rooney ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Rooney - they are located in Idaho, Michigan (2) and Quebec.

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

Communities near Rooney ...

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

  • Grayson
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Olive Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Vanceburg
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Boone Furnace
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Boone Furnace is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boone Furnace
  • Emerson
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Emerson is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerson
  • Camp Dix
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Camp Dix is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Dix
  • Counts Crossroads
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Counts Crossroads is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Counts Crossroads
  • Kehoe
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Kehoe is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kehoe
  • Mountain Top
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Mountain Top is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Top
  • Tygarts Valley
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Tygarts Valley is located in Greenup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tygarts Valley

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rooney ...

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

Adding Rooney to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Rooney post office opened in 1892. The Rooney post office closed in 1957.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rooney.

Footnotes ...

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