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Welcome to Roscoe ...

Roscoe is located in Coshocton County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Roscoe, you might consider that their post office opened in 1831.

Roscoe is 850 feet [259 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Roscoe: 740 & 220<3>

Communities Also Named Roscoe ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 18 communities that are also named Roscoe - they are located in Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota (2), Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Dakota and Texas.

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

Communities near Roscoe ...

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

  • Newcomerstown
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Millersburg
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • West Lafayette
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Dresden
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Frazeysburg
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Killbuck
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Baltic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Warsaw
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Port Washington
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Conesville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Conesville is located in Coshocton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conesville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Roscoe ...

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

Adding Roscoe to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Roscoe 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 Roscoe was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Roscoe post office opened in 1831. The Roscoe post office closed in 1961.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Roscoe.

Footnotes ...

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