Welcome to Roland ...

Roland is located

Roland is located in Collin County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Roland, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887.

Roland is 620 feet [189 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Roland ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 16 communities that are also named Roland - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (3), Manitoba, Minnesota, Missouri, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and South Carolina.

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

Communities near Roland ...

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

• Plano
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Plano is located in Collin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plano
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 291,296 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plano <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Plano
  • From Roland to Plano
• Frisco
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Frisco is located in Collin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 209,980 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Frisco <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Frisco
  • From Roland to Frisco
• McKinney
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • McKinney is located in Collin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinney
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 208,272 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McKinney <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to McKinney
  • From Roland to McKinney
• Allen
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Allen is located in Collin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 109,379 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Allen <3>
• Little Elm
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Little Elm is located in Denton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Elm
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 56,625 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Little Elm <3>
• Wylie
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Wylie is located in Collin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wylie
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 54,467 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wylie <3>
• The Colony
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • The Colony is located in Denton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Colony
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 45,498 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for The Colony <3>
• Prosper
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Prosper is located in Collin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosper
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,957 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Prosper <3>
• Murphy
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Murphy is located in Collin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,844 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Murphy <3>
• Celina
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Celina is located in Collin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celina
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,114 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Celina <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Celina
  • From Roland to Celina

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Roland ...

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

Adding Roland to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Roland 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 Roland was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Roland.