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Welcome to Rocky Mount ...So far, we found very little information about Rocky Mount. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Rocky Mount to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Rocky Mount, please Contact Us. Rocky Mount would have been located within present day Kemper County<2>. The location of Rocky Mount has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Rocky Mount, you might consider that their post office opened in 1851. When the people of Rocky Mount referred to themselves (known as a demonym), they are believed to have used Rocky Mounter<4> A typical abbreviation for Rocky Mount: Rocky Mt. (or less commonly used: Rocky Mnt.) While the community is gone, the present day location for Rocky Mount is 210 feet [64 m] above sea level.<5>. Time Zone: The area where Rocky Mount was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Communities Also Named Rocky Mount ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 9 communities that are also named Rocky Mount - they are located in Alabama (2), Georgia, Louisiana, Missouri (2), North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rocky Mount. Communities near Rocky Mount ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Rocky Mount.
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 Rocky Mount. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Rocky Mount. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Rocky Mount. 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 Rocky Mount. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Rocky Mount. See our Newspapers Page for Rocky Mount. Adding Rocky Mount to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Rocky Mount 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 for Rocky Mount was in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851). For more details, see References and Mentions for Rocky Mount. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/ Footnotes ...
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