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Welcome to Rollover ...

Rollover is located on the Gulf Coast.

Rollover is located in Galveston County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rollover, you might consider that their post office opened in 1897.

Rollover is near sea level<2>.

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

Websites for Rollover ...

Junior League:   www.jlgalveston.org/

Communities near Rollover ...

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

  • Bolivar Peninsula
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Bolivar Peninsula is located in Galveston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolivar Peninsula
  • High Island
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Crystal Beach
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Double Bayou
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Double Bayou is located in Chambers County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Bayou
  • Smith Point
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Smith Point is located in Chambers County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Point
  • Port Bolivar
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Monroe City
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Monroe City is located in Chambers County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe City
  • Anahuac
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Stowell
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Winnie
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rollover ...

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

Adding Rollover to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Rollover post office opened in 1897. The Rollover post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rollover.

Footnotes ...

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