[1] Fort Rock post office was established in 1908[1] under postmaster Josiah Thomas Rhoton.

[2] The Fort Rock Valley flourished briefly during the homestead period before World War I, but little remains in the area today.

[5] As of September 2014, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality had entered into a prospective purchaser agreement to reopen the store after performing needed underground storage tank (UST) cleanup.

[9] Today, the Fort Rock community is supported by alfalfa farming, cattle ranching, and tourism.

[3] Fort Rock has a dry-summer Mediterranean climate with cold winters and warm summers featuring colder nights due to large diurnal temperature variations.