Rock Run, Alabama

Rock Run, Alabama
Unincorporated community
Rock Run, Alabama is located in Alabama
Rock Run, Alabama
Rock Run, Alabama
Rock Run, Alabama is located in the United States
Rock Run, Alabama
Rock Run, Alabama
Coordinates: 34°01′40″N 85°29′43″W / 34.02778°N 85.49528°W / 34.02778; -85.49528
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyCherokee
Elevation
732 ft (223 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)256 & 938
GNIS feature ID155218[1]

Rock Run is an unincorporated community in Cherokee County, Alabama, United States. Rock Run is located on County Route 29, 13.6 miles (21.9 km) southeast of Centre.

History

Rock Run had its start as a mining community, and may have been named from a run on the rocks containing iron ore.[2] According to another story, a settler climbing a hill dislodged a rock, and watching it roll down the hill, said "Look at that rock run!"[3] A post office operated under the name Rock Run from 1883 to 1957.[4]

Demographics

In 1890, it was listed on the U.S. Census as having 360 residents, making it the largest incorporated community in Cherokee County, narrowly ahead of Centre, the county seat.

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1890360—
U.S. Decennial Census[5]

Below are photographs of Rock Run as documented by the Historic American Engineering Record:

  • Furnace foundations
    Furnace foundations
  • Furnace foundation
    Furnace foundation
  • Furnace foundation
    Furnace foundation
  • 1890 furnace commissary building
    1890 furnace commissary building

References

  1. ^ "Rock Run". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ "Cherokee County, Ala". Calhoun Times. September 1, 2004. p. 46. Retrieved April 24, 2015.
  3. ^ Smith Katie (June 17, 1984). "Names often lend special air to places". Gadsden Times. pp. B1. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  4. ^ "Cherokee County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
  5. ^ "U.S. Decennial Census". Census.gov. Retrieved June 6, 2013.


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