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Welcome to Rock Glen ...

Rock Glen is located in Wyoming County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rock Glen, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1879.

A typical abbreviation for Rock Glen: Rock Gln.

Rock Glen is 1,300 feet [396 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Rock Glen: 585

Communities Also Named Rock Glen ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Rock Glen - it's located in Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near Rock Glen ...

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

  • Geneseo
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Perry
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Perry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
    • Perry is located in Wyoming County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,457 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Perry <3>
  • Warsaw
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Mount Morris
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Attica
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Arcade
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Nunda
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nunda
    • Nunda is located in Livingston County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,274 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nunda <3>
  • Castile
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Alexander
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Fillmore
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rock Glen ...

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

Adding Rock Glen to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Rock Glen post office opened in 1879.

We also found Rock Glen in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rock Glen.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Wyoming, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rock Glen - 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/