Do you know of Rocky Mount ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Rocky Mount. 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 Rocky Mount.<1>

Our sources for Rocky Mount (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 Rocky Mount other than they indicate that Rocky Mount would be found somewhere in Chester County, South Carolina.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1815 and closed in 1904.

Communities Also Named Rocky Mount ...

We found nine communities that share the name Rocky Mount.

Within South Carolina, the name Rocky Mount is unique.

Beyond South Carolina, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
  - Chilton County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Rocky Mount [Chilton County].
  - Clay County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Rocky Mount [Clay County].
- Georgia
  - Meriwether County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Rocky Mount [Meriwether County].
- Louisiana
  - Bossier Parish
  - Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Rocky Mount [Bossier Parish].
- Mississippi
  - Kemper County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Rocky Mount [Kemper County].
- Missouri
  - Miller County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Rocky Mount [Miller County].
  - Morgan County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Rocky Mount [Morgan County].
- North Carolina
  - Edgecombe County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Rocky Mount [Edgecombe County].
- Virginia
  - Franklin County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Rocky Mount [Franklin County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Rocky Mount ...

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

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 Rocky Mount - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

Rand McNally Map of South Carolina (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in Chester County ...

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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 Chester 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 Rocky Mount 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/