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Welcome to Rock Point ...

So far, we found very little information about Rock Point. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Rock Point to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Rock Point, please Contact Us.

Rock Point would have been located within present day Jackson County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rock Point, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1859.

A typical abbreviation for Rock Point: Rock Pt.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Rock Point is 1,040 feet [317 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Rock Point was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Rock Point was located: 541 & 458<4>

Communities Also Named Rock Point ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Rock Point - they are located in Arizona, Maryland, Nevada and Pennsylvania (2).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rock Point.

Communities near Rock Point ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Rock Point.

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 Point. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Rock Point.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Rock Point. 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 Point.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Rock Point. See our Newspapers Page for Rock Point.

Adding Rock Point to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Rock Point in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Rock Point was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8>

From that list, the Rock Point post office opened in 1859.

We also found Rock Point in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rock Point.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Rock Point, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Oregon's counties, including Jackson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rock Point - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 541 code has been Overlayed with the 458 area code. New phone numbers in the Rock Point area will be assigned with one of these codes: 541 or 458. As a result, placing a call in the Rock Point area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<7>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<8>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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