Welcome to Rockford ...So far, we found very little information about Rockford. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Rockford to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Rockford, please Contact Us. Rockford would have been located within present day Cass County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Rockford, you might consider that their post office opened in 1857. While the community is gone, the present day location for Rockford is 830 feet [253 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where Rockford was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Codes where Rockford was located: 816 & 975<4> Communities Also Named Rockford ...While we believe that this Rockford is located in Cass County, we know of another 2 Missouri communities named Rockford. Those communities are located in the following counties: Carroll and Chariton County. Beyond Missouri, there are 27 communities that are also named Rockford - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana (2), Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Carolina, Ohio (2), Ontario (2), Oregon, Saskatchewan, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Washington and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rockford. Communities near Rockford ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Rockford.
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 Rockford. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Rockford. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Rockford. 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 Rockford. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Rockford. See our Newspapers Page for Rockford. Adding Rockford to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Rockford in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Rockford was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Rockford. Footnotes ...
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