The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The population of Roca in 1890 was 190, the highest it has been before the present day. The post office was established September 22, 1894. When the town was platted in 1876, the citizens wished to choose a name, which would suggest the chief industry in the area, stone quarrying. Roca is the Spanish word for stone.
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Start Roca’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Roca’s history is told.
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2000
Nothing in Roca is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Roca has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is William H. Charlton House in Sprague, 2.8 miles away.
Roca and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
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