Welcome to Rockport ...

The coastal city of Rockport is located on the Gulf Coast.

Rockport is located in Aransas County<1> and is the County Seat for Aransas County.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rockport, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1868.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Rockport has a population of 10,544 people<2> (see below for details).

The community of Rockport is near sea level<3>.

Time Zone: Rockport lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Rockport: 361

The ZIP codes for Rockport: 78381-78382<4>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Rockport had an population of 10,544 people. This is an increase of 20.28% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 42.78% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Rockport had a population of 8,766 people (which is 37.82% of the total population of Aransas County). This makes Rockport the county's most populous community.

The population of Rockport represents 0.03% of the total population of Texas (which has 25,145,561 people), making it the state's 232nd most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 8,766 people, the population of Rockport increased 18.7% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 7,385 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Rockport.

Communities Also Named Rockport ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that 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, Mississippi (2), New Brunswick, New Jersey (2), Ohio (3), Ontario, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Washington and West Virginia (2).

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

Websites for Rockport ...

Official Website:   www.cityofrockport.com/

Chamber of Commerce:   www.rockport-fulton.org/

Communities near Rockport ...

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

• Portland
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portland
  • Portland is located in San Patricio County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,768 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Portland <5>
• Ingleside
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ingleside have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
  • Ingleside is located in San Patricio County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,043 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ingleside <5>
• Aransas Pass
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Aransas Pass have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aransas Pass
  • Aransas Pass is located in Aransas County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,496 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Aransas Pass <5>
• Port Aransas
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Aransas
  • Port Aransas is located in Nueces County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,409 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Port Aransas <5>
• Gregory
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gregory have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
  • Gregory is located in San Patricio County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,866 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gregory <5>
• Ingleside-On-the-Bay
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ingleside-On-the-Bay have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside-On-the-Bay
  • Ingleside-On-the-Bay is located in San Patricio County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 608 people
• Bayside
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bayside have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayside
  • Bayside is located in Refugio County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 322 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bayside <5>
• Black Point ‑ Historic
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Black Point have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Point
  • Black Point is located in Refugio County
• Tradewinds
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tradewinds have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tradewinds
  • Tradewinds is located in San Patricio County
• Harbor City ‑ Historic
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harbor City have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor City
  • Harbor City is located in San Patricio County

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. Our list includes 9 papers. 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Rockport, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on 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 for Rockport was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

X2X - From that list, the Rockport post office opened in 1868.

We also found Rockport in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rockport.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Rockport: www.cityofrockport.com/

The official website for Aransas County: www.co.aransas.tx.us/

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/