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Welcome to Rock ...

Rock is located in Vernon County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rock, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894.

Rock is 840 feet [256 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Rock lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Rock: 417

Communities Also Named Rock ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 23 communities that are also named Rock - they are located in Arkansas, Florida (2), Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Louisiana (3), Maryland (2), Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, 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.

  • Nevada
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Fort Scott
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Fort Scott is located in Bourbon County (KS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Scott
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,648 people
    • Fort Scott has also been known as:
    • Fort Scott City
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Scott <3>
  • Butler
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Rich Hill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Pleasanton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Mound City
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Hume
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Hume is located in Bates County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hume
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
  • Prescott
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Prescott is located in Linn County (KS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
  • Walker
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Walker is located in Vernon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
  • Amoret
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Amoret is located in Bates County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amoret
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people

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.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rock ...

Looking for more information about Rock? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Rock, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor 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 (so far) for Rock was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Rock post office opened in 1894. The Rock post office closed in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rock.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Vernon, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rock - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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