Welcome to Rose Bay ...

Rose Bay is located in Hyde County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rose Bay, you might consider that their post office opened in 1872.

Rose Bay is near sea level<2>.

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

Area Code for Rose Bay: 252

Communities Also Named Rose Bay ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Rose Bay - it's located in Nova Scotia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rose Bay.

Communities near Rose Bay ...

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

• Belhaven
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Belhaven is located in Beaufort County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belhaven
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,582 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Belhaven <3>
• Pantego
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Pantego is located in Beaufort County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pantego
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
• Germantown
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Germantown is located in Hyde County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germantown
• Scranton
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Scranton is located in Hyde County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scranton
• Swan Quarter
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Swan Quarter is located in Hyde County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Quarter
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Swan Quarter <3>
• Sladesville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Sladesville is located in Hyde County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sladesville
• Mount Olive
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Mount Olive is located in Hyde County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
• Fairfield
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Fairfield is located in Hyde County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairfield <3>
• Lowland
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Lowland is located in Pamlico County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowland
• Ransomville
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Ransomville is located in Beaufort County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransomville

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rose Bay ...

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

Adding Rose Bay to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Rose Bay 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 Rose Bay was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Rose Bay post office opened in 1872. The Rose Bay post office closed in 1882.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rose Bay.