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Welcome to Rock Rift ...

Rock Rift is located in Delaware County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rock Rift, you might consider that their post office opened in 1850.

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

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

Websites for Rock Rift ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.delawarecounty.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Rock Rift, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Rock Rift ...

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

  • Sidney
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Delhi
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Delhi is located in Delaware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delhi
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,871 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Delhi <3>
  • Walton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Deposit
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Unadilla
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Hancock
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Afton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Franklin
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Starrucca
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Harvard
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Harvard is located in Delaware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvard

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rock Rift ...

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

Adding Rock Rift to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Rock Rift post office opened in 1850. The Rock Rift post office closed in 1960.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Delaware, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rock Rift - 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/