Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Rockford Township was named for a rocky ford over Crooked River.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Rockford Township’s history is told.
From Wikipedia’s history of Rockford Township.
Rockford Township was one of the four original townships and was organized in 1860. In May 1867, the boundaries were changed, and then in May 1870, the boundaries were changed to their present limits.
Rockford Township was named for a rocky ford over Crooked River. It is here the Mormons crossed into Caldwell County from Clay County.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Nobody well known was born in Rockford Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.
Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →
From Wikipedia and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
