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Do you know of Blue Rock ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Blue Rock. 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 Blue Rock.

We found mention of Blue Rock as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania.

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.

Communities Also Named Blue Rock ...

We found six communities that share the name Blue Rock.

There is one other community in Pennsylvania which is also named Blue Rock.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
    • Chester County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Blue Rock [Chester County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Marshall County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Blue Rock [Marshall County].
    • North Carolina
      • Yancey County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Blue Rock [Yancey County].
    • Ohio
      • Muskingum County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Blue Rock [Muskingum County].
    • Texas
      • Hidalgo County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Blue Rock [Hidalgo County].
    • West Virginia
      • Randolph County
      • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Blue Rock [Randolph County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Blue Rock ...

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

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

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

Rand McNally Map of Pennsylvania (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in  Jefferson County ...

Can you help?

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 Jefferson County.

Alvan 
ArjayIndiana Junction
 Iowa Mills
Bell 
Big Run JunctionKirkman
Big RunKnoxdale
Blaisdell Junction 
BrockwayvilleLindsey
  
Camp RunMauk
Canoe Creek 
CarrierNew Petersburgh
Coleman 
CravensOnondaga
  
De LanceyPacker
DellwoodPatton's Station
DolingvillePekin
DunklePrendible
 Pueblo
Eleanor 
Elk Run JunctionRayard
ErdiceReynoldsville Station
 Rockdale Mills
Finley Mills 
FlorenzaSebeck
ForestvilleSherwood
FurnondagaShort's Mills
 Soldier Run
Garrison'sSoldier's Run
Grand ViewSykes
Grange 
Grove SummitVantassel
GuamVineyard Run
  
Heath StationWalston Junction
HopkinsWilliams

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Blue Rock could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.









 

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