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Welcome to Rough Point ...Rough Point is located in Jackson County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Rough Point, you might consider that their post office opened in 1879. A typical abbreviation for Rough Point: Rough Pt. Rough Point is 540 feet [165 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Rough Point lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel east from Rough Point (for example, toward Sunbright), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT). Rough Point lies within the (931) area code. Communities near Rough Point ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Rough Point.
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 Rough Point. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Rough Point. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Rough Point. 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 Rough Point. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Rough Point. See our Newspapers Page for Rough Point. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rough Point ...Looking for more information about Rough Point? 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 Rough Point, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Rough Point. Adding Rough Point to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Rough Point 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 Rough Point was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> We also found Rough Point in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Rough Point. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Rough Point. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Jackson County: www.jacksonco.com/ The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/ Footnotes ...
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