Do you know of Rocky Branch ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Rocky Branch. 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 Branch.

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

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.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1846 and closed  in 1853.

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 Rocky Branch ...

We found five communities that share the name Rocky Branch.

Within Kentucky, the name Rocky Branch is unique.

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

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Alabama
    • Randolph County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Rocky Branch [Randolph County].
  • Louisiana
    • Union Parish
    • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Rocky Branch [Union Parish].
  • Mississippi
    • Lamar County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Rocky Branch [Lamar County].
  • Tennessee
    • Blount County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Rocky Branch [Blount County].
  • Texas
    • Morris County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Rocky Branch [Morris County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Rocky Branch ...

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

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

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

More Orphans in  Greenup 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 Greenup County.