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Welcome to Roaring River ...Roaring River is located in Wilkes County<1>. The location of Roaring River has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Roaring River, you might consider that their post office opened in 1874. A typical abbreviation for Roaring River: Roaring Riv. Roaring River is 970 feet [296 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Roaring River lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Roaring River lies within the (336) area code. Communities Also Named Roaring River ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Roaring River - they are located in California and Missouri. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Roaring River. Communities near Roaring River ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Roaring River.
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 Roaring River. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Roaring River. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Roaring River. 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 Roaring River. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Roaring River. See our Newspapers Page for Roaring River. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Roaring River ...Looking for more information about Roaring River? 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 Roaring River, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Roaring River. Adding Roaring River to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Roaring River 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 Roaring River was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> We also found Roaring River on a map titled Rand McNally Map of North Carolina (1911). For more details, see References and Mentions for Roaring River. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Roaring River. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Wilkes County: www.wilkescounty.net/ The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/ Footnotes ...
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