Do you know of Rock Creek ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Rock Creek. 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 Creek.
Unfortunately, we didn't note our source when we found mention of Rock Creek, so we are uncertain whether Rock Creek is a community, a post office or a post office located in a community and having the same name. While we don't have its location, we believe that Rock Creek would be found somewhere in Shawnee County, Kansas.
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.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Rock Creek ...
We found 52 communities that share the name Rock Creek.
There are five communities within Kansas that are also named Rock Creek.
Beyond Kansas, we know of another 47 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 47 communities, 51 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Kansas ...
- Jefferson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Rock Creek [Jefferson County].
- Lyon County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Rock Creek [Lyon County].
- Miami 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 Kansas community of Rock Creek [Miami County].
- Morris 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 Kansas community of Rock Creek [Morris County].
- Wabaunsee 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 Kansas community of Rock Creek [Wabaunsee County].
- Jefferson County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Colbert County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Rock Creek [Colbert County].
- Escambia County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Rock Creek [Escambia County].
- Jefferson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Rock Creek [Jefferson County].
- Winston County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Rock Creek [Winston County].
- Arkansas
- Pike County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Rock Creek [Pike County].
- Pulaski County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Rock Creek [Pulaski County].
- British Columbia
- Please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Rock Creek.
- California
- Plumas County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Rock Creek [Plumas County].
- Shasta County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Rock Creek [Shasta County].
- Colorado
- Boulder County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Rock Creek [Boulder County].
- Eagle 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 Colorado community of Rock Creek [Eagle County].
- Florida
- Jackson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Rock Creek [Jackson County].
- Okaloosa County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Rock Creek [Okaloosa County].
- Georgia
- Walker 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 Georgia community of Rock Creek [Walker County].
- Idaho
- Cassia 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 Idaho community of Rock Creek [Cassia County].
- Twin Falls County
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Rock Creek [Twin Falls County].
- Illinois
- Adams County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Rock Creek [Adams County].
- Hardin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Rock Creek [Hardin County].
- Iowa
- Mitchell County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Rock Creek [Mitchell County].
- Kentucky
- Grayson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Rock Creek [Grayson County].
- Maryland
- Somerset 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 Maryland community of Rock Creek [Somerset County].
- Minnesota
- Pine County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Rock Creek [Pine County].
- Mississippi
- George County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Rock Creek [George County].
- Newton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Rock Creek [Newton County].
- Missouri
- Jackson 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 Missouri community of Rock Creek [Jackson County].
- Jefferson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Rock Creek [Jefferson County].
- Montana
- Lincoln 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 Montana community of Rock Creek [Lincoln County].
- Nebraska
- Rock Creek #1
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Rock Creek.
- Nevada
- Lander 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 Nevada community of Rock Creek [Lander County].
- North Carolina
- Alamance County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Rock Creek [Alamance County].
- Ohio
- Ashtabula County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Rock Creek [Ashtabula County].
- Oklahoma
- Hughes County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Rock Creek [Hughes County].
- Oregon
- Baker County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Rock Creek [Baker County].
- Gilliam County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Rock Creek [Gilliam County].
- Linn 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 Oregon community of Rock Creek [Linn County].
- South Carolina
- Fairfield County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Rock Creek [Fairfield County].
- Greenwood County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Rock Creek [Greenwood County].
- Tennessee
- McMinn 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 Tennessee community of Rock Creek [McMinn County].
- Pickett 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 Tennessee community of Rock Creek [Pickett County].
- Unicoi County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Rock Creek [Unicoi County].
- Texas
- Briscoe County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Rock Creek [Briscoe County].
- McLennan County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Rock Creek [McLennan County].
- Parker 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 Texas community of Rock Creek [Parker County].
- Somervell County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Rock Creek [Somervell County].
- West Virginia
- Boone County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Rock Creek [Boone County].
- Raleigh County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Rock Creek [Raleigh County].
- Wyoming
- Albany County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Rock Creek [Albany County].
- Alabama
More Orphans in Shawnee 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 Shawnee County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Rock Creek 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. |