Welcome to Roller ...

Roller is located in Carroll County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Roller, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1888.

Roller is 600 feet [183 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Roller: (410), (443)<3> and (667)

Websites for Roller ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.carrollcountychamber.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Roller, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Roller ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Roller - it's located in New Mexico.

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

Communities near Roller ...

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

• York
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
  • York is located in York County (PA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 43,907 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for York <4>
• Westminster
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westminster have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
  • Westminster is located in Carroll County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,712 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Westminster <4>
• Hanover
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
  • Hanover is located in York County (PA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,783 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hanover <4>
• Taneytown
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taneytown
  • Taneytown is located in Carroll County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,846 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Taneytown <4>
• Hampstead
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hampstead have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampstead
  • Hampstead is located in Carroll County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,426 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hampstead <4>
• Red Lion
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lion
  • Red Lion is located in York County (PA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,309 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Red Lion <4>
• Manchester
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
  • Manchester is located in Carroll County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,876 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manchester <4>
• New Freedom
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Freedom
  • New Freedom is located in York County (PA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,810 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Freedom <4>
• West York
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West York have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West York
  • West York is located in York County (PA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,602 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West York <4>
• Littlestown
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlestown
  • Littlestown is located in Adams County (PA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,498 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Littlestown <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Roller ...

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

Adding Roller to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Roller 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 Roller was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Roller post office opened in 1888.

We also found Roller in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Roller.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Roller. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Carroll County: www.ccgov.carr.org/

The official website for State of Maryland: www.maryland.gov/