Welcome to Rock Island ...Rock Island is located Rock Island is located in Waller County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Rock Island, you might consider that their post office opened in 1849. A typical abbreviation for Rock Island: Rock Is. (in Canada, 'Isld.' is the more common abbreviation.) Rock Island is 180 feet [55 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Rock Island lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time While we believe that this Rock Island is located in Waller County, we know of another 5 Texas communities named Rock Island. Those communities are located in the following counties: Colorado, Liberty, Marion, Polk and Washington County. Beyond Texas, 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, Tennessee, Virginia and Washington. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rock Island. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Rock Island. 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. 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. While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Rock Island, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Rock Island. We originally found mention of Rock Island in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Rock Island was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Rock Island.
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