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Rockport, AR - History


We would like to provide the residents of  Rockport  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Rockport Home page. The Rockport Home page provides as much information as possible on Rockport. Knowing Rockport’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Rockport’s Home page, you will also find Rockport’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Rockport has a population of 819. 55.4% of Rockport’s inhabitants are Male, and 44.6 are female. 56.6% of Rockport is married and 86.2% own their own home. The Average Home price is $113,462, and the average rent is $674. Household median income in Rockport is $42,857, and the individual median income is $22,917. Rockport’s Ethnic is the following: White(98.7%), Multiple(1.1%), Black(0.2%), Hispanic(0.1%).


After several false starts due to financial difficulties, developers managed to complete a plan to build an iron bridge across the Ouachita River to replace the older wooden bridge that had been washed away. The structure itself was begun on August 10, 1900, and completed on November 6 of the same year, with a dedication ceremony and community meal on November 8.


The bridge was put on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992, only to be removed after it was damaged by storms and flooding in 1987 and 1990. The last vestiges of the wreckage were salvaged from the Ouachita River in 2004.During the Arkansas Centennial Celebration in June 1936, President Franklin Roosevelt visited the State of Arkansas.


After morning events in Hot Springs and lunch with businessman Harvey Couch, the president and his party attended a service at the Methodist church in Rockport, which was followed by a parade. After the parade, the group traveled to Little Rock for additional festive observances.


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