Welcome to Rockford ...The city of Rockford is located in Blount County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Rockford, you might consider that their post office opened in 1854. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Rockford has a population of 854 people<2> (see below for details). Rockford is 900 feet [274 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Rockford lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel west from Rockford (for example, toward Rogers), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT). Area Code for Rockford: 865 The ZIP code for Rockford: 37853<4> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Rockford had an population of 854 people. This is a decrease of 0.23% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 7.02% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Rockford had a population of 856 people. This makes Rockford the county's 5th most populous community. The population of Rockford represents 0.01% of the population of Tennessee (which has 6,346,105 people), making it the state's 249th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 856 people, the population of Rockford increased 7.27% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 798 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Rockford. Communities Also Named Rockford ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 27 communities that are also named Rockford - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana (2), Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri (3), Montana, Nebraska, North Carolina, Ohio (2), Ontario (2), Oregon, Saskatchewan, South Carolina, Texas, Washington and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rockford. Websites for Rockford ...Chamber of Commerce: www.blountchamber.com/ Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Rockford, the following might be of interest: 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. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rockford ...Looking for more information about Rockford? 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 Rockford, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Rockford. Adding Rockford to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Rockford 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 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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