Welcome to Rockport ...Rockport is located in Copiah County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Rockport, you might consider that their post office opened in 1867. Rockport is 210 feet [64 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Rockport lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Rockport: 601 & 769<3> Communities Also Named Rockport ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Mississippi communities named Rockport: This one is located in Copiah County and the other is located in Attala County. Beyond Mississippi, there are 28 communities that are also named Rockport - they are located in Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Indiana (2), Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Brunswick, New Jersey (2), Ohio (3), Ontario, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington and West Virginia (2). For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rockport. Communities near Rockport ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Rockport.
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 Rockport. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Rockport. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Rockport. 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 Rockport. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Rockport. See our Newspapers Page for Rockport. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rockport ...Looking for more information about Rockport? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Rockport, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Rockport. Adding Rockport to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Rockport 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 (so far) for Rockport was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Rockport. Footnotes ...
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