Do you know of White Rock ???

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

Our sources for White Rock (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 White Rock other than they indicate that White Rock would be found somewhere in Bedford County, Virginia.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1816 and closed in 1907.

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 White Rock ...

We found 41 communities that share the name White Rock.

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

Beyond Virginia, we know of another 40 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 40 communities, 38 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

Communities Located In Virginia ...
- Nelson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of White Rock [Nelson County].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
  - Franklin County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of White Rock [Franklin County].
  - Washington County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of White Rock [Washington County].
- British Columbia
  - Please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of White Rock.
- California
  - Sacramento County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of White Rock [Sacramento County].
- Colorado
  - Boulder 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 Colorado community of White Rock [Boulder County].
- Georgia
  - Lincoln County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of White Rock [Lincoln County].
- Illinois
  - Ogle County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of White Rock [Ogle County].
- Kansas
  - Republic County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of White Rock [Republic County].
  - Trego 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 White Rock [Trego County].
- Maine
  - Cumberland County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of White Rock [Cumberland County].
- Maryland
  - Carroll County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of White Rock [Carroll County].
  - Frederick County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of White Rock [Frederick County].
- Michigan
  - Huron County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of White Rock [Huron County].
  - Iosco County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of White Rock [Iosco County].
- Minnesota
  - Goodhue County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of White Rock [Goodhue County].
- Missouri
  - Carroll County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of White Rock [Carroll County].
  - Pike 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 Missouri community of White Rock [Pike County].
- Nevada
  - Elko County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of White Rock [Elko County].
- New Mexico
  - Los Alamos County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of White Rock [Los Alamos County].
  - San Juan County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of White Rock [San Juan County].
- Newfoundland and Labrador
  - Please visit our profile page for the Newfoundland and Labrador community of White Rock.
- North Carolina
  - Madison County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of White Rock [Madison County].
  - Watauga 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 White Rock [Watauga County].
- North Dakota
  - Richland 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 Dakota community of White Rock [Richland County].
- Nova Scotia
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of White Rock.
- Ohio
  - Meigs County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of White Rock [Meigs County].
- Pennsylvania
  - Armstrong 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 White Rock [Armstrong County].
  - Lancaster County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of White Rock [Lancaster County].
- Rhode Island
  - Washington County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Rhode Island community of White Rock [Washington County].
- South Carolina
  - Richland County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of White Rock [Richland County].
- South Dakota
  - Roberts County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of White Rock [Roberts County].
- Tennessee
  - Carter County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of White Rock [Carter County].
- Texas
  - Dallas County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of White Rock [Dallas County].
  - Fannin County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of White Rock [Fannin County].
  - Hunt County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of White Rock [Hunt County].
  - Red River County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of White Rock [Red River County].
  - Robertson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of White Rock [Robertson County].
  - San Augustine County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of White Rock [San Augustine County].
  - Trinity 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 Texas community of White Rock [Trinity County].
- West Virginia
  - 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 West Virginia community of White Rock [Marion County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for White Rock ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

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

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

More Orphans in Bedford 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 Bedford County.

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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 White 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.

<2>

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

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