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Welcome to Rock Dell ...

Rock Dell is located in Olmsted County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rock Dell, you might consider that their post office opened in 1858.

Rock Dell is 1,150 feet [351 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Rock Dell: 507 & 924<3>

Communities near Rock Dell ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rock Dell ...

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

Adding Rock Dell to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Rock Dell post office opened in 1858. The Rock Dell post office closed in 1905.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Minnesota's counties, including Olmsted, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rock Dell - 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 507 code has been Overlayed with the 924 area code. New phone numbers in the Rock Dell area will be assigned with one of these codes: 507 or 924. As a result, placing a call in the Rock Dell 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/