Welcome to Rock Island ...Rock Island is located in Warren County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Rock Island, you might consider that their post office opened in 1851. A typical abbreviation for Rock Island: Rock Is. (in Canada, 'Isld.' is the more common abbreviation.) Rock Island is 890 feet [271 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Rock Island lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel east from Rock Island (for example, toward Spring City), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT). Area Code for Rock Island: 931 Communities Also Named Rock Island ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 21 communities that are also named Rock Island - they are located in Florida (2), Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas (2), Manitoba, Massachusetts, Nevada, Oklahoma (2), Quebec, Texas (6), Virginia and Washington. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rock Island. Communities near Rock Island ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Rock Island.
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 Rock Island. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Rock Island. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Rock Island. 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 Rock Island. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Rock Island. See our Newspapers Page for Rock Island. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rock Island ...Looking for more information about Rock Island? 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Rock Island, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Rock Island. Adding Rock Island to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Rock Island 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 Rock Island was in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851). We also found Rock Island on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Tennessee (1888). For more details, see References and Mentions for Rock Island. Footnotes ...
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