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Welcome to Rowlands ...

Rowlands is located in Pearl River County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rowlands, you might consider that their post office opened in 1927.

Rowlands is 260 feet [79 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Rowlands: 601 & 769<3>

Communities Also Named Rowlands ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Rowlands - it's located in Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near Rowlands ...

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

  • Picayune
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Poplarville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Juniper Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Juniper Grove is located in Pearl River County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper Grove
  • Necaise
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Necaise is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Necaise
  • Smith Town
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Smith Town is located in Stone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Town
  • Hillsdale
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Hillsdale is located in Pearl River County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
  • Howison
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Howison is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howison
  • Kiln
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • McHenry
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • McHenry is located in Stone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McHenry
  • Nicholson
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Nicholson is located in Pearl River County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholson

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rowlands ...

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

Adding Rowlands to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Rowlands post office opened in 1927. The Rowlands post office closed in 1938.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rowlands.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Pearl River, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rowlands - 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 601 code has been Overlayed with the 769 area code. New phone numbers in the Rowlands area will be assigned with one of these codes: 601 or 769. As a result, placing a call in the Rowlands 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/