Welcome to Rox ...

Rox is located in Lincoln County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rox, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1921.

Rox is 1,900 feet [579 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Rox lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you leave Rox and travel east, you will leave Pacific Time and cross into the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST). In addition, you will be moving from an area that observes daylight saving time to one that does not.

Area Code for Rox: 775

Communities Also Named Rox ...

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

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

Communities near Rox ...

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

• Angle City ‑ Historic
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Angle City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angle City
  • Angle City is located in Lincoln County
• Moapa Town
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moapa Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moapa Town
  • Moapa Town is located in Clark County
• Glendale
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
  • Glendale is located in Clark County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Glendale
  • From Rox to Glendale
• Moapa
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moapa
  • Moapa is located in Clark County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moapa <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Moapa
  • From Rox to Moapa
• Carp ‑ Historic
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carp
  • Carp is located in Lincoln County
  • Former name for Carp:
  • Cliffdale
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Carp
  • From Rox to Carp
• Amber ‑ Historic
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Amber. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amber
  • Amber is located in Clark County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Amber
  • From Rox to Amber
• Logandale
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logandale
  • Logandale is located in Clark County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Logandale <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Logandale
  • From Rox to Logandale
• Moapa Valley
  (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moapa Valley
  • Moapa Valley is located in Clark County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Moapa Valley
  • From Rox to Moapa Valley
• Silver City ‑ Historic
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
  • Silver City is located in Clark County
• Simonsville ‑ Historic
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Simonsville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simonsville
  • Simonsville is located in Clark County
  • Simonsville has also been known as:
  • Simonville
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Simonsville
  • From Rox to Simonsville

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rox ...

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

Adding Rox to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Rox 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 Rox was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

X2X - From that list, the Rox post office opened in 1921.

We also found Rox mentioned on a train schedule titled Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (September 1924).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rox.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Rox. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Lincoln County: www.co.lincoln.nv.us/

The official website for State of Nevada: https://nv.gov/