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Welcome to Round Peak ...

Round Peak is located in Surry County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Round Peak, you might consider that their post office opened in 1875.

Round Peak is 1,280 feet [390 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Round Peak: 336 & 743<3>

Communities near Round Peak ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Round Peak ...

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

Adding Round Peak to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Round Peak post office opened in 1875. The Round Peak post office closed in 1931.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Round Peak.

Footnotes ...

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