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Do you know of Rock River ???

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

We found mention of Rock River as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin.

It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.<2>

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1850 and closed  in 1855.

Communities Also Named Rock River ...

We found two communities that share the name Rock River.

Within Wisconsin, the name Rock River is unique.

Beyond Wisconsin, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Michigan
      • Alger County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Rock River [Alger County].
    • Wyoming
      • Albany County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Rock River [Albany County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Rock River ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

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

More Orphans in  Fond du Lac 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 Fond du Lac County.

AlcoveMansfield
ArcadeMidland Junction
Armstrong's CornersMitchell
Avoca 
 Nanaupa
BadgerNew Cassel
BangorNorth Taycheedah
Bing 
BothelleOceola
 Owascus
Calumet Village 
CerescoPrion
  
EggersvilleReeds Corners
El Dorado MillsRipon Junction
EmpireRush Lake
 Ryan
Foster 
 Saint Joseph
HinesbergSeven Mile Creek
HollidaysSpringvale
 Summit Station
Ketcham 
KirkwoodVandyne
  
LambartineWolf Lake
 Woodhull Station

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>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.
<3>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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