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Do you know of Rocky Ford ???

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

We found mention of Rocky Ford as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Wabaunsee County, Kansas.

It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.<2>

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1877 and closed  in 1878.

Communities Also Named Rocky Ford ...

We found 30 communities that share the name Rocky Ford.

There are three communities within Kansas that are also named Rocky Ford.

Beyond Kansas, we know of another 27 communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Kansas ...
    • Clay County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Rocky Ford [Clay County].
    • Greenwood County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Rocky Ford [Greenwood County].
    • Riley County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Rocky Ford [Riley County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Greene County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Rocky Ford [Greene County].
    • Arkansas
      • Madison County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Rocky Ford [Madison County].
      • Marion County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Rocky Ford [Marion County].
      • Perry County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Rocky Ford [Perry County].
      • Randolph County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Rocky Ford [Randolph County].
    • Colorado
      • Otero County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Rocky Ford [Otero County].
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Rocky Ford [Hillsborough County].
    • Georgia
      • Screven County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Rocky Ford [Screven County].
    • Illinois
      • Cumberland County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Rocky Ford [Cumberland County].
    • Indiana
      • Warren County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Rocky Ford [Warren County].
    • Mississippi
      • Clay County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Rocky Ford [Clay County].
      • Pontotoc County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Rocky Ford [Pontotoc County].
      • Union County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Rocky Ford [Union County].
    • Missouri
      • Vernon County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Rocky Ford [Vernon County].
    • North Carolina
      • Franklin County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Rocky Ford [Franklin County].
    • Ohio
      • Wood County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Rocky Ford [Wood County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Comanche County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Rocky Ford [Comanche County].
      • Delaware County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Rocky Ford [Delaware County].
      • Grady County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Rocky Ford [Grady County].
    • Oregon
      • Klamath County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Rocky Ford [Klamath County].
      • Malheur County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Rocky Ford [Malheur County].
    • South Dakota
      • Fall River County
      • Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Rocky Ford [Fall River County].
    • Tennessee
      • Campbell County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Rocky Ford [Campbell County].
    • Virginia
      • Bedford County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Rocky Ford [Bedford County].
      • Brunswick County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Rocky Ford [Brunswick County].
      • Frederick County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Rocky Ford [Frederick County].
    • West Virginia
      • Upshur County
      • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Rocky Ford [Upshur County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Rocky Ford ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

More Orphans in  Wabaunsee 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 Wabaunsee County.

AwattaHavana City
 Humboldt City
Berlin 
Bourassa's MillsLake Wabaunsee
  
Cable CityMansfield
Capto StationMaple Hill Station
ChalkMission Creek
CoppMoltke
CornersMount Hope
  
Darling's FerryNew Lexington
  
East AlmaPavilion
ElveniaPost Creek
Etna City 
ExonvilleRock Creek
 Rockton
Fairfield 
FairlandShelton
French ValleySnokomo
 Springfield
GlenrossSunbeam
Grafton 
GrimmTemplin
Gum Spring 
 Wananoe
Harvey's SettlementWatkins

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>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.
<3>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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Rocky Ford 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.
<4>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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









 

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