Welcome to Rockvale ...So far, we found very little information about Rockvale. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Rockvale to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Rockvale, please Contact Us. Rockvale would have been located within present day Carbon County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Rockvale, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894. While the community is gone, the present day location for Rockvale is 3,480 feet [1,061 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Rockvale is about ¾ mile [or ~1 km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Rockvale was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Rockvale was located: 406 Communities Also Named Rockvale ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Rockvale - they are located in Colorado, Kentucky, South Carolina and Tennessee. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rockvale. Communities near Rockvale ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Rockvale.
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 Rockvale. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Rockvale. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Rockvale. 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 Rockvale. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Rockvale. See our Newspapers Page for Rockvale. Adding Rockvale to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Rockvale 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 Rockvale was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Rockvale. Footnotes ...
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