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Welcome to Roten ...

Roten is located in Ashe County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Roten, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887.

Roten is 2,990 feet [911 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Roten is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Area Codes for Roten: 336 & 743<3>

Communities Also Named Roten ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Roten - it's located in Nebraska.

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

Communities near Roten ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Roten ...

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

Adding Roten to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Roten post office opened in 1887. The Roten post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Roten.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Ashe, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Roten - 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 Roten area will be assigned with one of these codes: 336 or 743. As a result, placing a call in the Roten 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/