Do you know of Rockwell ???

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

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

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 Rockwell ...

We found thirteen communities that share the name Rockwell.

Within California, the name Rockwell is unique.

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

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
  - Garland County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Rockwell [Garland County].
- Florida
  - Brevard County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Rockwell [Brevard County].
  - 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 Rockwell [Marion County].
- Illinois
  - La Salle 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 Illinois community of Rockwell [La Salle County].
- Iowa
  - Cerro Gordo County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Rockwell [Cerro Gordo County].
- Kansas
  - Norton County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Rockwell [Norton County].
- Kentucky
  - Clark County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Rockwell [Clark County].
- Maryland
  - Baltimore County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Rockwell [Baltimore County].
- Michigan
  - Berrien 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 Michigan community of Rockwell [Berrien County].
- North Carolina
  - Rowan County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Rockwell [Rowan County].
- Ohio
  - Wood County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Rockwell [Wood County].
- Texas
  - Lamar County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Rockwell [Lamar County].
- Washington
  - Adams County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Rockwell [Adams County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Rockwell ...

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

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - California & Nevada
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2002
(Available from Amazon.com)

The FIPS database contains an entry for Rockwell.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 06/62448 (Place Name: Rockwell)

County: San Joaquin (FIPS State/County: 06/077)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Rockwell) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in San Joaquin 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 Joaquin County.

Footnotes ...

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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 Rockwell 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.