Welcome to Rogersville ...
Rogersville is located in Person County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Rogersville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1824.
Rogersville is 480 feet [146 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Rogersville lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Rogersville: 336 & 743<3>
Communities Also Named Rogersville ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 17 communities that are also named Rogersville - they are located in Alabama, California, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (3), Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri (2), New Brunswick, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Wisconsin.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rogersville.
Communities near Rogersville ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Rogersville.
- Roxboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Roxboro. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxboro
- Roxboro is located in Person County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,383 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roxboro <5>
- South Boston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Halifax
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Milton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Milton have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Milton is located in Caswell County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milton <5>
- Virgilina
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Scottsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scottsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scottsburg
- Scottsburg is located in Fluvanna County (VA)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Scottsburg <5>
- Alton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ceffo
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ceffo. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceffo
- Ceffo is located in Person County
- Mayo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mayo. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo
- Mayo is located in Halifax County (VA)
- Concord
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Concord have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Concord is located in Person County
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 Rogersville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Rogersville.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Rogersville. 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 Rogersville.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Rogersville. See our Newspapers Page for Rogersville.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rogersville ...
Looking for more information about Rogersville? 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 Rogersville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Rogersville.
Adding Rogersville to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Rogersville in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Rogersville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>
From that list, the Rogersville post office opened in 1824.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Rogersville.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Person, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rogersville - 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 336 code has been Overlayed with the 743 area code. New phone numbers in the Rogersville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 336 or 743. As a result, placing a call in the Rogersville area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |