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.

Our sources for Rock Springs (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 Springs other than they indicate that Rock Springs would be found somewhere in Etowah County, Alabama.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1889 and closed  in 1915.

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 are four communities within Alabama that are also named Rock Springs.

Beyond Alabama, we know of another 36 communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Located In 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].
  • Wilcox County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Rock Springs [Wilcox County].

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • 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].
  • Virginia
    • Chesterfield 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 [Chesterfield County].
    • Fairfax 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 Virginia community of Rock Springs [Fairfax 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].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Rock Springs ...

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

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 Rock Springs - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station

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

More Orphans in  Etowah 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 Etowah County.