Do you know of Brock ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Brock. 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 Brock.<1>
Our sources for Brock (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Brock other than they indicate that Brock would be found somewhere in Carroll County, Mississippi.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1882 and closed in 1906.
Communities Also Named Brock ...
We found fifteen communities that share the name Brock.
Within Mississippi, the name Brock is unique.
Beyond Mississippi, we know of another fifteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these fifteen communities, thirteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Georgia
- Paulding County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Brock [Paulding County].
- Illinois
- Kentucky
- Laurel County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Brock [Laurel County].
- Missouri
- Scotland County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Brock [Scotland County].
- Nebraska
- Nemaha County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Brock [Nemaha County].
- Ohio
- Darke County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Brock [Darke County].
- Oklahoma
- Carter County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Brock [Carter County].
- Ontario
- Pennsylvania
- Greene County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Brock [Greene County].
- Saskatchewan
- Please visit our profile page for the Saskatchewan community of Brock.
- South Carolina
- Oconee County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Brock [Oconee County].
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Parker County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Brock [Parker County].
- Utah
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Brock ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Brock:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Brock - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
Rand McNally Map of Mississippi (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Carroll 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 Carroll County.
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> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Brock 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. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |