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This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Rockbridge Baths. 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 Rockbridge Baths.<1>
Our sources for Rockbridge Baths (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 Rockbridge Baths other than they indicate that Rockbridge Baths would be found somewhere in Rockbridge County, Virginia.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1857.
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Rockbridge Baths ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Rockbridge Baths:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Rockbridge Baths - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office
Rand McNally Map of Virginia (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
The FIPS database contains an entry for Rockbridge Baths.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 51/68288 (Place Name: Rockbridge Baths)
County: Rockbridge (FIPS State/County: 51/163)
Class: U8
Identifies a populated place (in this case, Rockbridge Baths) 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).
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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> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |