A post office called The Rock was established in 1853.[4] The community was named for a rock formation near the original town site.[5]
The Georgia General Assembly incorporated The Rock as a town in 1877.[6] The town's municipal charter was repealed in 1995.[5]
In 1847, the Central of Georgia Railway opened its Thomaston to Barnesville line, which ran through The Rock. In 1963, the Southern Railway (U.S.) acquired the Central of Georgia, and with it, the line in The Rock. When the Southern merged with the N&W to form the Norfolk Southern Railway in 1982, the line in The Rock, as well as all former CofG trackage, went to NS. In 2016, NS leased the line to its current operator, CaterParrot Railnet.
^"History | CaterParrott Railnet". Retrieved October 23, 2020.
^"Iron Horse Development 1830 1860". www.cityofbarnesville.com. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
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rock, georgia, rock, unincorporated, community, census, designated, place, upson, county, georgia, united, states, rock, located, georgia, state, route, miles, northeast, thomaston, rock, post, office, with, code, 30285, although, post, office, list, closed, r. The Rock is an unincorporated community and census designated place in Upson County Georgia United States The Rock is located on Georgia State Route 36 7 miles 11 km northeast of Thomaston The Rock has a post office with ZIP code 30285 2 although the post office is on the list to be closed 3 The Rock is also home to the area famous Rock Ranch a small theme park with a farming theme The Rock is bordered by the cities of Barnesville Hannahs Mill Meansville and Yatesville The Rock GeorgiaCensus designated place CDP amp Unincorporated communityThe Rock GeorgiaCoordinates 32 57 50 N 84 14 28 W 32 96389 N 84 24111 W 32 96389 84 24111CountryUnited StatesStateGeorgiaCountyUpsonElevation823 ft 251 m Time zoneUTC 5 Eastern EST Summer DST UTC 4 EDT ZIP code30285Area code706GNIS feature ID333213 1 History EditA post office called The Rock was established in 1853 4 The community was named for a rock formation near the original town site 5 The Georgia General Assembly incorporated The Rock as a town in 1877 6 The town s municipal charter was repealed in 1995 5 In 1847 the Central of Georgia Railway opened its Thomaston to Barnesville line which ran through The Rock In 1963 the Southern Railway U S acquired the Central of Georgia and with it the line in The Rock When the Southern merged with the N amp W to form the Norfolk Southern Railway in 1982 the line in The Rock as well as all former CofG trackage went to NS In 2016 NS leased the line to its current operator CaterParrot Railnet References Edit US Board on Geographic Names United States Geological Survey October 25 2007 Retrieved January 31 2008 ZIP Code Lookup Expanded Access Study List Georgia about usps com Archived from the original on September 25 2011 Post Offices Jim Forte Postal History Retrieved June 23 2019 a b Krakow Kenneth K 1975 Georgia Place Names Their History and Origins PDF Macon GA Winship Press p 224 ISBN 0 915430 00 2 Acts and Resolutions of the General Assembly 1877 p 189 1 2 nbsp This Upson County Georgia state location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte History CaterParrott Railnet Retrieved October 23 2020 Iron Horse Development 1830 1860 www cityofbarnesville com Retrieved October 23 2020 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Rock Georgia amp oldid 1176894605, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
