Rock Run is an
unincorporated community
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in
Cherokee County Cherokee County is the name of eight counties in the United States:
* Cherokee County, Alabama
* Cherokee County, Georgia
* Cherokee County, Iowa
* Cherokee County, Kansas
* Cherokee County, North Carolina
* Cherokee County, Oklahoma
* Cherokee Co ...
,
Alabama
(We dare defend our rights)
, anthem = "Alabama (state song), Alabama"
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, seat = Montgomery, Alabama, Montgomery
, LargestCity = Huntsville, Alabama, Huntsville
, LargestCounty = Baldwin County, Al ...
, United States. Rock Run is located on County Route 29, southeast of
Centre
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.
History
Rock Run had its start as a
mining community
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Historic mining communities
Australia
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, and may have been named from a run on the rocks containing
iron ore
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. 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!" A post office operated under the name Rock Run from 1883 to 1957.
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
Center or centre may refer to:
Mathematics
*Center (geometry), the middle of an object
* Center (algebra), used in various contexts
** Center (group theory)
** Center (ring theory)
* Graph center, the set of all vertices of minimum eccentricity ...
, the county seat.
Gallery
Below are photographs of Rock Run as documented by the
Historic American Engineering Record
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:
File:RESIDUAL FOUNDATIONS FROM FURNACE OPERATION. - Rock Run Furnace and Town, County Road 12, Rock Run, Cherokee County, AL HAER AL-193-6.tif, Furnace foundations
File:REMAINS OF FOUNDATION. - Rock Run Furnace and Town, County Road 12, Rock Run, Cherokee County, AL HAER AL-193-7.tif, Furnace foundation
File:CROSS SECTIONAL VIEW OF FURNACE BASE. - Rock Run Furnace and Town, County Road 12, Rock Run, Cherokee County, AL HAER AL-193-5.tif, Furnace foundation
File:1890's COMMISSARY BUILDING LOOKING NE. - Rock Run Furnace and Town, County Road 12, Rock Run, Cherokee County, AL HAER AL-193-1.tif, 1890 furnace commissary building
References
External links
*
Historic American Engineering Record in Alabama
Unincorporated communities in Cherokee County, Alabama
Unincorporated communities in Alabama
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