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Welcome to Rockville ...

Rockville is located in Monroe County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rockville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1828.

Rockville is 950 feet [290 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel west from Rockville (for example, toward Pikeville), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

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), Rhode Island, South Carolina, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia (2) and Wisconsin (2).

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

Websites for Rockville ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.monroecountychamber.org/

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

Communities near Rockville ...

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

  • Jacktown
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Jacktown is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacktown
    • Estimated population in 2014: 67,319 people
  • Athens
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • McMullens
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • McMullens is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMullens
    • Estimated population in 2014: 13,620 people
  • Lenoir City
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Loudon
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Sweetwater
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Madisonville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • White Wing Ferry
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • White Wing Ferry is located in Loudon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Wing Ferry
    • Estimated population in 2014: 4,550 people
  • Tuskeegee ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Tuskeegee is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuskeegee
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,663 people
  • Jena
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Jena is located in Loudon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jena
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,279 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.<4>

From that list, the Rockville post office opened in 1828. The Rockville post office closed in 1860.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rockville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Monroe, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rockville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/