Welcome to Rockville ...

Rockville is located in Washington County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rockville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1849.

Rockville is 320 feet [98 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Rockville: 401

The ZIP code for Rockville: 02873<3>

Communities Also Named Rockville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that 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, Pennsylvania (12), South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia (2) and Wisconsin (2).

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

Websites for Rockville ...

Junior League:   www.jlri.org/

Communities near Rockville ...

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

• Norwich
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Norwich is located in New London County (CT)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwich
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 38,619 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Norwich <4>
• Norwich
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Norwich is located in New London County (CT)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwich
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 38,619 people
• Groton
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Groton is located in New London County (CT)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 38,258 people
• Coventry
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Coventry is located in Kent County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 34,931 people
• South Kingstown
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • South Kingstown is located in Washington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Kingstown
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,454 people
• West Warwick
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • West Warwick is located in Kent County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Warwick
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,967 people
• North Kingstown
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • North Kingstown is located in Washington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kingstown
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,278 people
• Westerly
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Westerly is located in Washington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westerly
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,328 people
• Stonington
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Stonington is located in New London County (CT)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonington
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,566 people
• Narragansett
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Narragansett is located in Washington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narragansett
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,309 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 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 (so far) for Rockville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Rockville post office opened in 1849.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rockville.