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Welcome to Rockquarry ...So far, we found very little information about Rockquarry. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Rockquarry to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Rockquarry, please Contact Us. Rockquarry would have been located within present day Lawrence County<2>. The location of Rockquarry has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Rockquarry, you might consider that their post office opened in 1901. While the community is gone, the present day location for Rockquarry is 830 feet [253 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Rockquarry was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Rockquarry would have been located in the (931) area code. Communities near Rockquarry ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Rockquarry.
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 Rockquarry. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Rockquarry. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Rockquarry. 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 Rockquarry. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Rockquarry. See our Newspapers Page for Rockquarry. Adding Rockquarry to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Rockquarry in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Rockquarry was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Rockquarry. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Lawrence County: www.co.lawrence.tn.us/ The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/ Footnotes ...
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