Welcome to Rock River ...Rock River is located in the central region of Michigan's Upper Peninsula (UP). Rock River is located in Alger County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Rock River, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886. A typical abbreviation for Rock River: Rock Riv. Rock River is 610 feet [186 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Rock River lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you leave Rock River and travel south, you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT). Area Code for Rock River: 906 Communities Also Named Rock River ...Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Rock River - it's located in Wyoming. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rock River. Communities near Rock River ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Rock River.
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 River. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Rock River. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Rock River. 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 River. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Rock River. See our Newspapers Page for Rock River. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rock River ...Looking for more information about Rock River? 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 River, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Rock River. Adding Rock River to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Rock River in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Rock River was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Rock River. Footnotes ...
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