Transcribed from volume II of Kansas: a cyclopedia of state history, embracing events, institutions, industries, counties, cities, towns, prominent persons, etc. ... / with a supplementary volume devoted to selected personal history and reminiscence. Standard Pub. Co. Chicago : 1912. 3 v. in 4. : front., ill., ports.; 28 cm. Vols. I-II edited by Frank W. Blackmar.

Rockville, a hamlet in the southeastern part of Miami county, was settled by a pro-slavery man named Rockwell and named in his honor, but when the free-state settlers became numerous the name was changed to Rockville. A school house was built on the town site in 1858 and a store opened in 1859, making this settlement one of the oldest in the county. In 1859 a postoffice was established, but a few years ago it was discontinued, mail being delivered by rural carrier from Fontana.

Page 601 from volume II of Kansas: a cyclopedia of state history, embracing events, institutions, industries, counties, cities, towns, prominent persons, etc. ... / with a supplementary volume devoted to selected personal history and reminiscence. Standard Pub. Co. Chicago : 1912. 3 v. in 4. : front., ill., ports.; 28 cm. Vols. I-II edited by Frank W. Blackmar. Transcribed July 2002 by Carolyn Ward.