The Rocks, Kentucky

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

• 1916 USGS Shawneetown quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
• 1949 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
• 1950 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
• 1953 USGS Grove Center quadrangle1:24000
• 1954 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
• 1959 USGS Grove Center quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
• 1959 USGS Shawneetown quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
• 1961 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
• 1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
• 1984 USGS West Frankfort quadrangle1:100000
• 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
• 1987 USGS West Frankfort quadrangle1:100000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of The Rocks: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Union County

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 505142. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.