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Do you know of Rock Springs ???

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

Unfortunately, we didn't note our source when we found mention of Rock Springs, so we are uncertain whether Rock Springs is a community, a post office or a post office located in a community and having the same name. While we don't have its location, we believe that Rock Springs would be found somewhere in Chesterfield County, Virginia.

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 Springs ...

We found 40 communities that share the name Rock Springs.

There is one other community in Virginia which is also named Rock Springs.

Beyond Virginia, we know of another 39 communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Virginia ...
    • Fairfax 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 Virginia community of Rock Springs [Fairfax County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Blount County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Rock Springs [Blount County].
      • Choctaw County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Rock Springs [Choctaw County].
      • Clarke County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Rock Springs [Clarke County].
      • Etowah 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 Rock Springs [Etowah County].
      • Wilcox County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Rock Springs [Wilcox County].
    • Arizona
      • Yavapai County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Rock Springs [Yavapai County].
    • Arkansas
      • Drew County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Rock Springs [Drew County].
      • Pope County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Rock Springs [Pope County].
      • Searcy County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Rock Springs [Searcy County].
    • California
      • Kern County
      • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Rock Springs [Kern County].
    • Florida
      • Marion 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 Florida community of Rock Springs [Marion County].
      • Orange County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Rock Springs [Orange County].
    • Georgia
      • Paulding County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Rock Springs [Paulding County].
      • Toombs County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Rock Springs [Toombs County].
      • Walker 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 Georgia community of Rock Springs [Walker County].
    • Kansas
      • Osage 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 Kansas community of Rock Springs [Osage County].
    • Kentucky
      • Bracken County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Rock Springs [Bracken County].
      • Henderson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Rock Springs [Henderson County].
    • Maryland
      • Cecil County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Rock Springs [Cecil County].
    • Missouri
      • Saint Francois County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Rock Springs [Saint Francois County].
      • Saint Louis City
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Rock Springs [Saint Louis City].
    • Montana
      • Rosebud County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Rock Springs [Rosebud County].
    • New Mexico
      • McKinley County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Rock Springs [McKinley County].
    • North Carolina
      • Orange 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 North Carolina community of Rock Springs [Orange County].
      • Pitt County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Rock Springs [Pitt County].
      • Polk County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Rock Springs [Polk County].
    • Ohio
      • Meigs County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Rock Springs [Meigs County].
    • Tennessee
      • Dickson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Rock Springs [Dickson County].
      • Dyer County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Rock Springs [Dyer County].
      • Henderson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Rock Springs [Henderson County].
      • Maury County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Rock Springs [Maury County].
      • Rutherford 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 Tennessee community of Rock Springs [Rutherford County].
      • Sullivan County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Rock Springs [Sullivan County].
    • Texas
      • Bosque County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Rock Springs [Bosque County].
      • Franklin County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Rock Springs [Franklin County].
      • Marion County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Rock Springs [Marion County].
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Rock Springs [Salt Lake County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Sauk County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Rock Springs [Sauk County].
    • Wyoming
      • Sweetwater County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Rock Springs [Sweetwater County].

More Orphans in  Chesterfield 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 Chesterfield County.

Alice HeightsKingsland
Ampthill 
 Lee Park
BeachLynch
Bellbluff 
Belle IsleManchester
Belmont AcresMarlboro
BermudaMaury
 Meadow View
CloptonMeadowbrook
Crow SpringMorrisdale
Curtis 
 Nash
Dodamead 
Drewry'sOchre
  
Eppes FallsPark Lee Place
EppesParliament
 Peck Siding
Falling CreekPocahontas
Fort DarlingPort Walthall
Fugua Farms 
 Salisbury
Garland HeightsShaffer
GraniteSwansboro
Grindall CreekSwift Creek
 Sycamore Square
Harrowgate 
 Temples
James 
Jessup FarmsWheelwright
  

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 Rock Springs 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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