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Welcome to Rock Stream ...

Rock Stream is located in Yates County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rock Stream, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1820.

Rock Stream is 870 feet [265 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Rock Stream: 315 & 680<3>

Websites for Rock Stream ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.yatesny.com/

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

Communities near Rock Stream ...

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

  • Penn Yan
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Watkins Glen
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins Glen
    • Watkins Glen is located in Schuyler County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,851 people
    • Former names for Watkins Glen:
    • Jefferson
    • Salubria
    • Watkins
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Watkins Glen <4>
  • Trumansburg
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Dundee
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dundee have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
    • Dundee is located in Yates County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,608 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dundee <4>
  • Montour Falls
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Savona
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Hammondsport
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Ovid
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Interlaken
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Odessa
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rock Stream ...

Looking for more information about Rock Stream? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Rock Stream, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Rock Stream.

Adding Rock Stream to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Rock Stream post office opened in 1820.

We also found Rock Stream in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Yates, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rock Stream - 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 315 code has been Overlayed with the 680 area code. New phone numbers in the Rock Stream area will be assigned with one of these codes: 315 or 680. As a result, placing a call in the Rock Stream 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>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.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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