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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Rockport. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Rockport to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Rockport, please Contact Us.
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Rockport (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Rockport. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Name Variations for Rockport ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
Another variation: Rock Port.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Rockport. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rockport.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Rockport is historic, it would have been located within present day Attala County.
To see how the shape of Mississippi's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Attala County: Carroll, Choctaw, Holmes, Leake, Madison, Montgomery, Neshoba, Winston & Yazoo.
Below are the counties that are near Rockport. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rockport:
- Attala County (The home county of Rockport)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockport, with the one closest to Rockport listed first.
- Possumneck
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Possumneck is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possumneck
- Rocky Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Rocky Point is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
- Hesterville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hesterville is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesterville
- Auris ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Auris is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auris
- Sallis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Kosciusko
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Langley ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Langley is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langley
- Zemuly
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Zemuly is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zemuly
- Newport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Newport is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Ethel
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Ethel is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 381 people
- Gregory ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Gregory is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
- McCool
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- McCool is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCool
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockport, with the one closest to Rockport listed first.
- Vaiden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Coila
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Coila is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coila
- Carrollton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- North Carrollton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- North Carrollton is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Carrollton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 419 people
- Choctaw County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockport, with the one closest to Rockport listed first.
- French Camp
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Weir
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Bankston ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bankston is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bankston
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockport, with the one closest to Rockport listed first.
- West
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Durant
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Acona
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Acona is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acona
- Goodman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lexington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Richland
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Richland is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
- Ituma
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Ituma is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ituma
- Jones Crossing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Jones Crossing is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Crossing
- Pickens
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gwin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Gwin is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gwin
- Tchula
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Tchula is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tchula
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,905 people
- Wyatt
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Wyatt is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt
- Keirn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Keirn is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keirn
- Leake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockport, with the one closest to Rockport listed first.
- Saint Ann
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Saint Ann is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Ann
- Coosa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Coosa is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coosa
- Leflore County
- Sidon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sidon is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 461 people
- Madison County
- Camden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockport, with the one closest to Rockport listed first.
- Winona
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Kilmichael
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kilmichael is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilmichael
- Population from the 2020 Census: 538 people
- Sibleyton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Sibleyton is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sibleyton
- Sibleyton has also been known as:
- Sibleton
- Minerva
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Minerva is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerva
- Eskridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Eskridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eskridge
- Winston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockport, with the one closest to Rockport listed first.
- Vowell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Vowell is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vowell
- Hinze
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hinze is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinze
- Yazoo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rockport, with the one closest to Rockport listed first.
- Fordyke
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fordyke is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordyke
- Vaughan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Vaughan is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughan
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rockport, see our County-by-County Page for Rockport.
Cemeteries Near Rockport ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rockport.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Rockport - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rockport covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rockport, with the one closest to Rockport listed first.
- West Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Armstrong Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Himan Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Smyrna Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Unity Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Thornton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Whelin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Brister Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Guess Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Crawford Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Rocky Point Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- North Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (474 more) ...
- Hudson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rocky Springs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Springdale Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.
While we didn't find Rockport in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rockport.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rockport, with the one closest to Rockport listed first.
- Hesterville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hesterville is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesterville
- Beatty
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Beatty is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beatty
- Durant
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sallis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Chita ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Chita is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chita
- Vaiden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Emory
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Emory is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emory
- McAdams
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- McAdams is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McAdams
- Kosciusko
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Acona
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Acona is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acona
- Lexington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Franklin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Goodman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Newport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Newport is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Ethel
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Ethel is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 381 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rockport. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rockport.
Newspapers Published in Rockport ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 65 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rockport.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rockport, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rockport.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Rockport:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Attala County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Choctaw County
- Holmes County
- Leake County
- Leflore County
- Madison County
- Montgomery County
- Winston County
- Yazoo County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Mississippi
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Rockport, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rockport) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |