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Welcome to Rockville ...So far, we found very little information about Rockville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Rockville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Rockville - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Rockville, please Contact Us. While we don't have the exact location of Rockville , we believe that it would have been located within present day Meigs County<2>. The pronunciation of Rockville: RAHK-vil<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Rockville, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was in a book dated 1895. Time Zone: The area where Rockville was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time If Rockville still existed, it would have been in the (740) area code. Communities Also Named Rockville ...While we believe that this Rockville is located in Meigs County, we know of another 3 Ohio communities named Rockville. Those communities are located in the following counties: Adams, Muskingum and Stark County. Beyond Ohio, there are 49 communities that are also named Rockville - they are located in Alabama, California, Connecticut, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky (2), Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New York (2), Nova Scotia, Ontario (2), Oregon, Pennsylvania (12), Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia (2) and Wisconsin (2). For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rockville. Adding Rockville to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Rockville in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Rockville was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). We also found Rockville on a map titled George#&160;F. Cram Map (1901). For more details, see References and Mentions for Rockville. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/ Footnotes ...
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