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Welcome to Rockton ...

Rockton is located in Fairfield County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rockton, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1886.

Rockton is 580 feet [177 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Rockton: 803 & 839<3>

Communities Also Named Rockton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 10 communities that are also named Rockton - they are located in Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, Ontario, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Websites for Rockton ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.fairfieldchamber.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Rockton, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Rockton ...

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

  • Irmo
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irmo
    • Irmo is located in Lexington County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,734 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Irmo <4>
  • Blythewood
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Great Falls
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Chapin
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapin
    • Chapin is located in Lexington County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,664 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chapin <4>
  • Ridgeway
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Pomaria
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Peak
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peak
    • Peak is located in Newberry County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Peak <4>
  • Jenkinsville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Adger
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Adger. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adger
    • Adger is located in Fairfield County
  • Smallwood
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smallwood
    • Smallwood is located in Fairfield County

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rockton ...

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

Adding Rockton to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Rockton 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 Rockton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Rockton post office opened in 1886.

We also found Rockton in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rockton.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of South Carolina's counties, including Fairfield, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rockton - 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 803 code has been Overlayed with the 839 area code. New phone numbers in the Rockton area will be assigned with one of these codes: 803 or 839. As a result, placing a call in the Rockton 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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/