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Welcome to Rotherwood ...

Rotherwood is located in Hawkins County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rotherwood, you might consider that their post office opened in 1870.

Rotherwood is 1,200 feet [366 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Rotherwood: 423 & 729<3>

Communities Also Named Rotherwood ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Rotherwood - they are located in Georgia, Texas and Virginia.

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

Communities near Rotherwood ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rotherwood ...

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

Adding Rotherwood to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Rotherwood 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 Rotherwood was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Rotherwood post office opened in 1870. The Rotherwood post office closed in 1902.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rotherwood.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Hawkins, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rotherwood - 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 423 code has been Overlayed with the 729 area code. New phone numbers in the Rotherwood area will be assigned with one of these codes: 423 or 729. As a result, placing a call in the Rotherwood 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>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/