Welcome to Roanwood ...

Roanwood is located in Valley County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Roanwood, you might consider that their post office opened in 1914.

Roanwood is 3,120 feet [951 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Roanwood is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: Roanwood lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Roanwood (for example, toward Coronach (SK)), you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Central Standard Time Zone (CST). In addition, you will be moving from an area that observes daylight saving time to one that does not.

Area Code for Roanwood: 406

Communities near Roanwood ...

We have created a list of 8 communities that are near Roanwood.

Opheim
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Opheim have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opheim
- Opheim is located in Valley County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Opheim <4>
West Poplar
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Poplar
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to West Poplar
- From Roanwood to West Poplar
Glentana
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glentana
- Glentana is located in Valley County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glentana <4>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Glentana
- From Roanwood to Glentana
Richland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
- Richland is located in Valley County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Richland <4>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Richland
- From Roanwood to Richland
McEachern
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for McEachern. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McEachern
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to McEachern
- From Roanwood to McEachern
Larslan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larslan
- Larslan is located in Valley County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Larslan <4>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Larslan
- From Roanwood to Larslan
Rockglen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockglen
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rockglen <4>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Rockglen
- From Roanwood to Rockglen
Wood Mountain
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Mountain
- Wood Mountain has also been known as:
- Wood Mountain Station
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wood Mountain <4>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Wood Mountain
- From Roanwood to Wood Mountain

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Roanwood. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Roanwood.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Roanwood ...

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

Adding Roanwood to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Roanwood post office opened in 1914.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Roanwood.

Footnotes ...

<1>	If you're interested in how the shape of Montana's counties, including Valley, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Roanwood - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>	The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>	While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>	An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/