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Welcome to Rockville ...Rockville is located in Chester County<1>. The location of Rockville has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Rockville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1832. Rockville is 670 feet [204 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Rockville lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Telephone area codes for Rockville: (610) & (484)<4> Communities Also Named Rockville ...While we believe that this Rockville is located in Chester County, we know of another 11 Pennsylvania communities named Rockville. Those communities are located in the following counties: Armstrong, Bedford, Cambria, Centre, Clarion, Dauphin, Juniata, Lawrence, Mifflin, Northampton and York County. Beyond Pennsylvania, 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, Ohio (4), Ontario (2), Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia (2) and Wisconsin (2). For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rockville. Communities near Rockville ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Rockville.
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 Rockville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Rockville. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Rockville. 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 Rockville. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Rockville. See our Newspapers Page for Rockville. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rockville ...Looking for more information about Rockville? 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 Rockville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Rockville. Adding Rockville to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Rockville 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 Rockville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Rockville in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846). For more details, see References and Mentions for Rockville. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Rockville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Chester County: www.chesco.org/ The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/ Footnotes ...
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