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Do you know of Rock Fence ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Rock Fence. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Rock Fence.

Our sources for Rock Fence (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Rock Fence other than they indicate that Rock Fence would be found somewhere in Elbert County, Georgia.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1879 and closed  in 1903.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Rock Fence ...

We found one communities that share the name Rock Fence.

Within Georgia, the name Rock Fence is unique.

Beyond Georgia, there is another community also named Rock Fence in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Chambers County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Rock Fence [Chambers County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Rock Fence ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Rock Fence:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Rock Fence - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

More Orphans in  Elbert County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Elbert County.

Alexandria 
Allens MillsMuckles Ferry
Amandaville 
Anthony ShoalsNorman
  
Broad RiverOverton
  
ComolliPyrenna
Critic 
 Stella
DiademSwift
Dove's Creek 
DyeWatkins Store
 Webster Place
GainesWester
 Wych
Hulmeville 

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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