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Welcome to Rocky Hill ...

Rocky Hill is located in Jackson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rocky Hill, you might consider that their post office opened in 1846.

Rocky Hill is 710 feet [216 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Rocky Hill: 740 & 220<3>

Communities Also Named Rocky Hill ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 18 communities that are also named Rocky Hill - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California (2), Connecticut, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky (2), Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Texas (2).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rocky Hill.

Communities near Rocky Hill ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Rocky Hill.

  • Jackson
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Wellston
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • McArthur
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Oak Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Hamden
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • South Webster
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Rio Grande
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Coalton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Coalton is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 473 people
  • Beaver
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Vinton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rocky Hill ...

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

Adding Rocky Hill to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Rocky Hill 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 Rocky Hill was in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rocky Hill.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Jackson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rocky Hill - 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 740 code has been Overlayed with the 220 area code. New phone numbers in the Rocky Hill area will be assigned with one of these codes: 740 or 220. As a result, placing a call in the Rocky Hill 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.