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Welcome to East Rockingham ...

East Rockingham is located in Richmond County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of East Rockingham, you might consider that their post office opened in 1924.

A typical abbreviation for East Rockingham: E. Rockingham

East Rockingham is 250 feet [76 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: East Rockingham lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for East Rockingham: 910 & 472<3>

Websites for East Rockingham ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.richmondcountychamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to East Rockingham, the following might be of interest:

Communities near East Rockingham ...

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

  • Laurinburg
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Hamlet
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Cheraw
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Cheraw is located in Chesterfield County (SC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheraw
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,554 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cheraw <4>
  • Wadesboro
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Ellerbe
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Dobbins Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Dobbins Heights is located in Richmond County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbins Heights
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
  • Hoffman
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Hoffman is located in Richmond County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoffman
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 571 people
  • Gibson
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Lilesville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Morven
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Morven is located in Anson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morven
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 465 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for East Rockingham ...

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

Adding East Rockingham to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the East Rockingham post office opened in 1924. The East Rockingham post office closed in 1951.

For more details, see References and Mentions for East Rockingham.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Richmond, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around East Rockingham - 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 910 code has been Overlayed with the 472 area code. New phone numbers in the East Rockingham area will be assigned with one of these codes: 910 or 472. As a result, placing a call in the East Rockingham 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/