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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about The Rock came from various goverment sources (GNIS, FIPS), we also found mention of The Rock in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about The Rock. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our The Rock data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

 

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

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for The Rock:
Services available in 1895: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Map from 1874 (unknown title/publisher)

Map from 1895 (unknown title/publisher)

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

The Rock is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for The Rock. See our Misc Page for The Rock for more information.

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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