Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Half Rock came from various goverment sources (GNIS, FIPS), we also found mention of Half Rock in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Half Rock. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Half Rock data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)

Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Half Rock:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)

Published by the Government Printing Office

Map from 1904 (unknown title/publisher)

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

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Half Rock. See our Misc Page for Half Rock for more information.