Do you know of Old Rock ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Old Rock. 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 Old Rock.<1>

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

Communities Also Named Old Rock ...

We found one communities that share the name Old Rock.

Within Kansas, the name Old Rock is unique.

Beyond Kansas, there is another community also named Old Rock in the United States.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Missouri
  - Jasper 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 Missouri community of Old Rock [Jasper County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Old Rock ...

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

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 Old Rock.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 20/52650 (Place Name: Old Rock)

County: Cherokee (FIPS State/County: 20/021)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Old Rock) 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 Cherokee County ...

Can you help?

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 Cherokee County.

Allington	Kark
	Kniveton
Battle Corners
Baxter	Ladoga
Beaumont	Lea Walk
Bonanza	Lewiston
Boston Hills	Livingston
Boston Mills	Lola
Bridlong	Lostine
Broylis Ferry
Brushville	Messer
Budlong	Millersburg
	Mineral
Carling	Monarch
Center	Monmouth
Central City
Centralia	Neosho
Chenneyville	Neutral City
Cherokee City	Neutral Station
Cherokee Mound	New Memphis
Cherry	Newcastle
Chico
Clarksville	Oakland
Cloud
Collinsville	Peacock
Columbia	Pittsville
Cornwall	Pitzerville
Corting	Pleasant View
Crawford Seminary
	Quapaw Reservation
Dry Creek	Quapaw Strip

Eagle	Red Bud
Empire Junction	Ross

Favor	Salamanca
Fly Creek	Sanfordville
Folsom	Short Creek
Free Point	Spring City
Friendship	Spring Grove
Fruitland	Springdale
	Springfield
Glendale	State Line
Grand Falls	Stilson

Hartsville	Tehama
Hickman
	Walnut Creek
Jacksonville	Wilson
Jarrett	Wilsonville

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 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 Old Rock 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.