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Welcome to Rollag ...

Rollag is located in Clay County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rollag, you might consider that their post office opened in 1880.

Rollag is 1,360 feet [415 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Rollag: 218

Communities near Rollag ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rollag ...

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

Adding Rollag to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Rollag post office opened in 1880. The Rollag post office closed in 1929.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rollag.

Footnotes ...

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