Do you know of Rock Island Arsenal ???

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

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

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.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Rock Island Arsenal ...

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

Map from 1870 (unknown title/publisher)

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Prairies East & Ozarks
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)

The FIPS database contains an entry for Rock Island Arsenal.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 17/65104   (Place Name: Rock Island Arsenal (U.S. Army))

County: Rock Island     (FIPS State/County: 17/161)

Class: M1

More Orphans in  Rock Island 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 Rock Island County.