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West Park Township was a small, short-lived township that was split from Rockport Township in 1900. Historically, the area had been poor and underdeveloped, leading to its nickname of the "lost city". The township lasted little more than 20 years, as it was annexed to the city of Cleveland in 1923.
Rockport is a city in Ohio Township and the county seat of Spencer County, Indiana, [4] along the Ohio River. [2] The population was 2,270 at the 2010 census . Once the largest community in Spencer County, the city has recently been surpassed by the town of Santa Claus .
On January 31, 1900, Rockport Hamlet petitioned the county to form its own co-existent township with Rockport Township. [11] On March 7, 1900, the request was granted and a new Township of West Park was created. In 1902 the Rockport Hamlet was incorporated as Rockport Village within West Park Township.
Spencer County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana.As of the 2020 census, the population was 19,810. [1] The county seat is Rockport. [2] Despite not being in the Owensboro Metropolitan Area, the entire riverfront of the city of Owensboro, Kentucky borders the southern tip of the county.
Rockport, Ohio; Rockport Township, a defunct township of Cuyahoga County, Ohio; Rockport, Texas; Rockport, Washington; Rockport Colony, South Dakota; Rockport Lake, a reservoir behind Wanship Dam in Utah Rockport, Utah, a ghost town now under Rockport Lake; Rockport State Park (Washington) Rockport State Recreation Area, Michigan
The Lehigh River in Lehigh Township in August 2015. The township is located in north-central Carbon County and is bordered to the north partially by Luzerne County. The Lehigh River forms the winding eastern border of the township, carving a gorge up to 1,000 feet (300 m) deep. The township's villages include Leslie Run and Rockport.
Rockport is an unincorporated community in Penn Township, Parke County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. [2] History.
In 1806, the area was formally surveyed as Rockport Township, Township 7, Range 14, of the Connecticut Western Reserve. It was purchased from the Connecticut Land Company by a syndicate of six men headed by Judson Canfield on April 4, 1807, for $26,084. In 1818, permanent settlement began with the arrival from Connecticut of James Nicholson. [8]