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Welcome to Rover ...

Rover is located in Bedford County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rover, you might consider that their post office opened in 1850.

Rover is 770 feet [235 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Rover lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Rover: 931

Communities Also Named Rover ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Rover - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Maryland, Missouri, North Carolina and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Rover ...

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

  • Murfreesboro
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Spring Hill
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Shelbyville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Lewisburg
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Nolensville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Thompson's Station
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Thompson's Station is located in Williamson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson's Station
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,973 people
    • Former name for Thompson's Station:
    • Littlebury
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thompson's Station <3>
  • Chapel Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Unionville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Snell ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Snell is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snell
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,361 people
  • Eagleville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rover ...

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

Adding Rover to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Rover 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 Rover was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Rover post office opened in 1850. The Rover post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rover.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Bedford, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rover - 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/