Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Rocky Mount came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Rocky Mount in various books, maps 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 Mount. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Rocky Mount 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 Mount:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Rocky Mount was listed as Rocky Mount Courthouse.

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Appalachia & Piedmont
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

Rocky Mount was listed as Rocky Mount Courthouse.

U.S. Post Offices (1803)
Printed by order of the Post Master General

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

Rocky Mount was listed as Rocky Mount Courthouse.

Shell Oil Road Map for Virginia (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

Rocky Mount is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Rocky Mount in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Rocky Mount for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Rocky Mount. See our Misc Page for Rocky Mount for more information.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Rocky Mount: www.rockymountva.org/

The official website for Franklin County: www.franklincountyva.org/

The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/