| Official Name: | Rockport, Mississippi |
| Pushpin Map: | Mississippi#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Rockport |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Mississippi |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Copiah |
| Timezone: | Central (CST) |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Elevation Ft: | 270 |
| Coordinates: | 31.795°N -90.1564°W |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 676770 |
Rockport is an unincorporated community in Copiah County, Mississippi.
Located a short distance west of the Pearl River, Rockport was once a thriving railway town, though little remains of the original settlement.
Indigenous people first occupied the area. Archeological remnants located near Rockport include pottery, copper beads, a sharpened point of a stake, skeletons, and mounds.[1]
The Galilee Baptist Church established west of the settlement in 1825, and is still located there.[2]
Rockport established in 1849.[2]
From 1856 to 1956, Rockport had a post Office.[3]
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.[4]
In 1870, a bill was introduced in the Mississippi State Senate to establish a ferry across the Pearl River at Rockport.[5]
The early settlement had a drug store, barber shop, stores, Masonic lodge, and hotel called the Rockport Hotel.[2] [6]
The New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern Railroad was built through the settlement in 1909, and Rockport was a flag stop.[2] [7] Trains like The Rebel once passed through Rockport.[8] The line is now abandoned.[9]
By 1937, Rockport contained only a small store, gas station, post office and church.[2]