Do you know of Rockton ???

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

We found mention of Rockton as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Wake County, North Carolina.

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.

Communities Also Named Rockton ...

We found ten communities that share the name Rockton.

Within North Carolina, the name Rockton is unique.

Beyond North Carolina, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these ten communities, nine are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
  - Winnebago County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Rockton [Winnebago County].
- Iowa
  - Marshall County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Rockton [Marshall County].
- Kansas
  - Wabaunsee County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Rockton [Wabaunsee County].
- Michigan
  - Alger County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Rockton [Alger County].
- New York
  - Montgomery County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Rockton [Montgomery County].
- Ontario
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Rockton.
- Pennsylvania
  - Clearfield County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Rockton [Clearfield County].
- South Carolina
  - Fairfield County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Rockton [Fairfield County].
- West Virginia
  - Braxton County
  - Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Rockton [Braxton County].
- Wisconsin
  - Vernon County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Rockton [Vernon County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Rockton ...

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

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Appalachia & Piedmont
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)

The FIPS database contains an entry for Rockton.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 37/57320 (Place Name: Rockton)

County: Wake (FIPS State/County: 37/183)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Rockton) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in Wake 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 Wake County.

Footnotes ...

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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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Rockton 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.