Welcome to Rockingham ...

So far, we found very little information about Rockingham. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Rockingham to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Rockingham, please Contact Us.

Rockingham would have been located within present day Scott County<2>.

The location of Rockingham has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rockingham, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1837.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Rockingham is 550 feet [168 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Rockingham was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Rockingham still existed, it would have been in the (563) area code.

Communities Also Named Rockingham ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named Rockingham - they are located in Georgia, Kansas, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Vermont and Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rockingham.

Communities near Rockingham ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Rockingham.

• Davenport
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davenport
  • Davenport is located in Scott County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 101,799 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Davenport <5>
• Moline
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moline
  • Moline is located in Rock Island County (IL)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 41,065 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moline <5>
• Rock Island
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Island
  • Rock Island is located in Rock Island County (IL)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 36,870 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rock Island <5>
• Bettendorf
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bettendorf
  • Bettendorf is located in Scott County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 36,665 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bettendorf <5>
• East Moline
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Moline have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Moline
  • East Moline is located in Rock Island County (IL)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,473 people
• Silvis
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silvis have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silvis
  • Silvis is located in Rock Island County (IL)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,473 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Silvis <5>
• Eldridge
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldridge
  • Eldridge is located in Scott County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,864 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eldridge <5>
• Colona
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Colona have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colona
  • Colona is located in Henry County (IL)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,049 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colona <5>
• Milan
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milan
  • Milan is located in Rock Island County (IL)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,945 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milan <5>
• Le Claire
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Le Claire
  • Le Claire is located in Scott County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,955 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Le Claire <5>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Rockingham. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Rockingham.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Rockingham. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rockingham.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Rockingham. See our Newspapers Page for Rockingham.

Adding Rockingham to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Rockingham in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Rockingham was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Rockingham post office opened in 1837.

We also found Rockingham in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rockingham.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Scott County: www.scottcountyiowa.com/

The official website for State of Iowa: https://www.iowa.gov/