Do you know of Point of Rocks ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Point of Rocks. 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 Point of Rocks.<1>

We found mention of Point of Rocks as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in San Bernardino County, California.

Communities Also Named Point of Rocks ...

We found ten communities that share the name Point of Rocks.

Within California, the name Point of Rocks is unique.

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

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
  - Maricopa County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Point of Rocks [Maricopa County].
  - Yavapai County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Point of Rocks [Yavapai County].
- Kansas
  - Gray County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Point of Rocks [Gray County].
  - Hodgeman 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 Kansas community of Point of Rocks [Hodgeman County].
- Maryland
  - Frederick County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Point of Rocks [Frederick County].
- Nebraska
  - Cheyenne County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Point of Rocks [Cheyenne County].
- Nevada
  - Elko County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Point of Rocks [Elko County].
  - Nye County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Point of Rocks [Nye County].
- Wyoming
  - Albany County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Point of Rocks [Albany County].
  - Sweetwater County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Point of Rocks [Sweetwater County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Point of Rocks ...

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

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

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Point of Rocks - Services available: had a Railroad Station, Express Office, no Post Office mentioned

More Orphans in San Bernardino 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 San Bernardino County.

Adahi	Iron Mountain
Alessandro	Irvington
Alexis
Arcadia	Jaybee
Arlington	Judson

Base Line	Leastalk
Bay
Beaumont	Merrill
Beechers Corners	Messina
Big Bear Highlands	Moreno
Big Bear Pines	Motor Junction
Big Bear Pinewoods	Muscat
Big Bear
Box Springs	Nebo Center
Bristol	Newberry
Brookside	North Redlands
	North Rochester
Camp Angelus
Carbon Canyon	Ono
Casa Blanca	Orange Heights
Cool Water	Oxy
Cottonwood
Craf	Providence
Craftonville
Crest Forest	Ricon
	Rincon
Desert Springs	Riverside
Desmont
Drew	San Antonio
	San Salvador
East Alta Loma	Siam
East Riverside	Spring Valley Lake
Edson	Summit
El Casco
	Temescal
Fallsvale	Twentynine Palms Marine Corps Base
Field
Forest Home	Uptown
Four Corners	Urbita Springs
Friendly Hills
Frontera	Valley of the Moon
	Valley Wells
Gene	Victor
George	Vina Vista
Gladysta
Grape	Waterman Gardens
	Waterman
Harper	West Yermo
Haslett	Westside
Havasu Landing	Wild
Hinckley
Holiday Forest	Zucker

Footnotes ...

<1>

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.

<2>

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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Point of Rocks 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.