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Welcome to Rominger ...

Rominger is located in Watauga County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rominger, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1903.

Rominger is 3,360 feet [1,024 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Rominger is about ¾ mile [or ~1 km] above sea level.

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

Area Code for Rominger: 828

Communities near Rominger ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rominger ...

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

Adding Rominger to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Rominger post office opened in 1903.

We also found Rominger on a map titled Rand McNally Map of North Carolina (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rominger.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Watauga, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rominger - 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>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/