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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

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

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Rocky Brook 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 Rocky Brook:
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

Rocky Brook 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 Rocky Brook. See our Misc Page for Rocky Brook for more information.

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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