Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: When we started collecting data about Rock River, we were inconsistent about keeping track of where that data came from. As a result, this list of references and mentions is probably incomplete.

North American Railroad Atlas - Mountain Plains
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2000
(Available from Amazon.com)

Map of the Lincoln Highway (1915-1916)

Rand McNally Map of Wyoming (1937)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

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

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

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

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

Railroad Mentions of Rock River:

Rock River was mentioned in the following schedules:

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (July 1929)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (September 1924)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (June 1939)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (January 1950)

The following route mentioned Rock River as a scheduled stop:

The Gold Coast Limited: From Union Pacific Railroad timetable for the defunct Gold Coast Limited (train schedule from 1951). The Gold Coast Limited travelled between Chicago (IL) and San Francisco (CA)