Welcome to Rock Tavern ...
Rock Tavern is located in Orange County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Rock Tavern, you might consider that their post office opened in 1915.
Rock Tavern is 410 feet [125 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Rock Tavern lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Rock Tavern: 845 & 329<3>
Websites for Rock Tavern ...
Chamber of Commerce: www.orangeny.org/
Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Rock Tavern, the following might be of interest:
Communities near Rock Tavern ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Rock Tavern.
- Palm Tree
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm Tree
- Palm Tree is located in Orange County
- Kiryas Joel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiryas Joel
- Kiryas Joel is located in Orange County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28,953 people
- Middletown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Newburgh
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Peekskill
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Beacon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Woodbury
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Woodbury. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
- Woodbury is located in Orange County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,058 people
- Monroe
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Warwick
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Walden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walden have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walden
- Walden is located in Orange County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,620 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walden <4>
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 Tavern. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Rock Tavern.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Rock Tavern. 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 Tavern.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Rock Tavern. See our Newspapers Page for Rock Tavern.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rock Tavern ...
Looking for more information about Rock Tavern? 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 Tavern, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Rock Tavern.
Adding Rock Tavern to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Rock Tavern 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 Tavern was on a map titled Map of New York (from Rand McNally, 1897).
We also found Rock Tavern in the book titled .<7> X3X - From that list, the Rock Tavern post office opened in 1915.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Rock Tavern.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Orange, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rock Tavern - 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 845 code has been Overlayed with the 329 area code. New phone numbers in the Rock Tavern area will be assigned with one of these codes: 845 or 329. As a result, placing a call in the Rock Tavern 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> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |