Where is Rolla?
Rolla is a town of 16,000 people located halfway between two large Missouri cities, St. Louis and Springfield, in the center of the United States. It was ranked one of the 100 best small towns in the United States and the number one small town in Missouri in 2000 (according to The100 Best Small Towns in America by Norm Crampton). Click here for a map Climate: Mild mid-continental weather – some snow in winter; warm, humid summers.
Rolla is a town of 18,000 people located halfway between two large Missouri cities, St. Louis and Springfield, in the center of the United States. It was ranked one of the 100 best small towns in the United States according to The 100 Best Small Towns in America by Norm Crampton). Click here for a map Climate: Mild mid-continental weather – snow in winter; warm, humid summers.
Bluebird Gardens is located in “Rolla, pronounced with an A at the end, not an “O.” Rolla is located in the middle of United States of America, State of Missouri, on a plateau on the edge of the Ozark hills. Rolla was established in 1855 as “a child of the railroad,” almost the end of the railroad line that started in St. Louis. It was also one of the stops along historic Route 66. According to the 2010 US Census, Rolla’s population grew almost 20% in the last 10 years, ending up with a population of around 27,000, including Missouri S&T students. Rolla is the proud home of computer chip manufacturer Brewer Science and radiated glass manufacturer Mo-Sci: one of the top technological engineering schools in the country Missouri University of Science and Technology (formerly University of Missouri-Rolla) which has 7,000+ students a year and hosts award-winning Solar Miner II car and annual St. Patrick’s Day celebration mid-March. Rolla is also headquarters of Mark Twain National Forest. T
