Do you know of Rocky Point ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Rocky Point. 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 Point.

Unfortunately, we didn't note our source when we found mention of Rocky Point, so we are uncertain whether Rocky Point is a community, a post office or a post office located in a community and having the same name. While we don't have its location, we believe that Rocky Point would be found somewhere in Island County, Washington.

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.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Rocky Point ...

We found 26 communities that share the name Rocky Point.

There are two communities within Washington that are also named Rocky Point.

Beyond Washington, we know of another 24 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 24 communities, 23 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

Communities Located In Washington ...
- Cowlitz County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Rocky Point [Cowlitz County].
- Kitsap County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Rocky Point [Kitsap County].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
  - Morgan County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Rocky Point [Morgan County].
- Arizona
  - Maricopa County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Rocky Point [Maricopa County].
- British Columbia
  - Please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Rocky Point.
- California
  - Sierra County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Rocky Point [Sierra County].
- Florida
  - Alachua County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Rocky Point [Alachua County].
- Idaho
  - Benewah County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Rocky Point [Benewah County].
- Mississippi
  - Attala County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Rocky Point [Attala County].
- Montana
  - Fergus County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Rocky Point [Fergus County].
  - Lake County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Rocky Point [Lake County].
- New York
  - Clinton County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Rocky Point [Clinton County].
  - Suffolk County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Rocky Point [Suffolk County].
- North Carolina
  - Pender County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Rocky Point [Pender County].
- Ohio
  - Muskingum County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Rocky Point [Muskingum County].
- Oklahoma
  - Wagoner County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Rocky Point [Wagoner County].
- Ontario
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Rocky Point.
- Oregon
  - Klamath County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Rocky Point [Klamath County].
- Prince Edward Island
  - Please visit our profile page for the Prince Edward Island community of Rocky Point.
- Rhode Island
  - Kent County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Rhode Island community of Rocky Point [Kent County].
- Tennessee
  - Cannon County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Rocky Point [Cannon County].
  - Hamblen County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Rocky Point [Hamblen County].
  - Putnam County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Rocky Point [Putnam County].
  - Shelby County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Rocky Point [Shelby County].
- Texas
  - Burnet County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Rocky Point [Burnet County].
- Virginia
  - Botetourt County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Rocky Point [Botetourt County].

More Orphans in Island County ...

Can you help?

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 Island County.

Buena Vista	Phinney
Bush Point	Possession Point

Cama Beach	Sandy Point
Cavelero Beach	Sundins Beach
Cornell	Sunrise Point

Dines Point	Tillicum Beach

Lagoon Point	Utsaladdy

Mountain View Beach	Woodland Beach

Footnotes ...

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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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Point 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.