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Rockport, Mississippi
Rockport is an unincorporated community in Copiah County, Mississippi.[1] Located a short distance west of the Pearl River, Rockport was once a thriving railway town, though little remains of the original settlement. HistoryIndigenous people first occupied the area. Archeological remnants located near Rockport include pottery, copper beads, a sharpened point of a stake, skeletons, and mounds.[2] The Galilee Baptist Church established west of the settlement in 1825, and is still located there.[3][4] Rockport established in 1849.[3] From 1856 to 1956, Rockport had a post Office.[5] A company of the Confederate States Army was organized in Rockport in July 1861. Known as the "Rockport Steel Blades", they were part of the 6th Mississippi Infantry Regiment.[6] In 1870, a bill was introduced in the Mississippi State Senate to establish a ferry across the Pearl River at Rockport.[7] The early settlement had a drug store, barber shop, stores, Masonic lodge, and hotel called the Rockport Hotel.[3][8] The New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern Railroad was built through the settlement in 1909, and Rockport was a flag stop.[3][9] Trains like The Rebel once passed through Rockport.[10] The line is now abandoned.[11] By 1937, Rockport contained only a small store, gas station, post office and church.[3] References
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