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Welcome to Rover ...

Rover is located in Beaufort County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rover, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

Rover is 30 feet [9 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Rover: 252

Communities Also Named Rover ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Rover - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Maryland, Missouri, Tennessee and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Rover ...

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

  • Washington
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Vanceboro
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Chocowinity
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Aurora
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Simpson
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Simpson is located in Pitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 483 people
  • Bridgeton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Grimesland
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Grimesland is located in Pitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grimesland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
  • Washington Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Washington Park is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Park
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 429 people
  • Bath
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Bath is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bath <3>
  • Blounts Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Blounts Creek is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blounts Creek

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rover ...

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

Adding Rover to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Rover post office opened in 1900. The Rover post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rover.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Beaufort, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rover - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/