Welcome to Rowleys Bay ...
Rowleys Bay is located in Door County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Rowleys Bay, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.
Rowleys Bay is 590 feet [180 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Rowleys Bay lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Note: If you travel east from Rowleys Bay, you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).
Area Codes for Rowleys Bay: 920 & 274<3>
Communities near Rowleys Bay ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Rowleys Bay.
- Sister Bay
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ephraim
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ephraim have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephraim
- Ephraim is located in Door County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Egg Harbor
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Egg Harbor have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egg Harbor
- Egg Harbor is located in Door County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 202 people
- Gills Rock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- North Bay
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Bay have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bay
- North Bay is located in Door County
- Baileys Harbor
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Fish Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Washington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jacksonport
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Arthur Bay
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Arthur Bay. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur Bay
- Arthur Bay is located in Menominee County (MI)
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Arthur Bay
- From Rowleys Bay to Arthur Bay
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 Rowleys Bay. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Rowleys Bay.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Rowleys Bay. 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 Rowleys Bay.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Rowleys Bay. See our Newspapers Page for Rowleys Bay.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rowleys Bay ...
Looking for more information about Rowleys Bay? 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 Rowleys Bay, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Rowleys Bay.
Adding Rowleys Bay to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Rowleys Bay 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 Rowleys Bay was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Rowleys Bay.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Door, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rowleys Bay - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <3> | When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 920 code has been Overlayed with the 274 area code. New phone numbers in the Rowleys Bay area will be assigned with one of these codes: 920 or 274. As a result, placing a call in the Rowleys Bay area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |