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Welcome to Rock ...So far, we found very little information about Rock. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Rock to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Rock, please Contact Us. Rock would have been located within present day Sabine Parish<2>. The location of Rock has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Rock, you might consider that their post office opened in 1898. While the community is gone, the present day location for Rock is 170 feet [52 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Rock was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time If Rock still existed, it would have been in the (318) area code. Communities Also Named Rock ...While we believe that this Rock is located in Sabine Parish, we know of another 2 Louisiana communities named Rock. Those communities are located in the following parishes: Grant and Rapides Parish. Beyond Louisiana, there are 23 communities that are also named Rock - they are located in Arkansas, Florida (2), Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Maryland (2), Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and West Virginia (2). For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rock. Communities near Rock ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Rock.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Rock. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Rock. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Rock. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rock. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Rock. See our Newspapers Page for Rock. Adding Rock to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Rock in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Rock was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Rock on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Louisiana (1911). For more details, see References and Mentions for Rock. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for State of Louisiana: https://www.louisiana.gov/ Footnotes ...
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