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Rockport Township

Photos courtesy of Fairview Park Historical Society. Left, Franklin Lewis family 1890s Rockport Twp. Right, First State Street (now Lorain Rd.) high level bridge spanning Rocky River Valley looking toward Cleveland, ca. 1895.

Rockport Township, when originally surveyed, was known as Township 7 in Range 14 of the Connecticut New Western Reserve. The governmental body was organized in 1819. What was the township contains at least parts of Cleveland, Fairview Park, Lakewood, Linndale, and Rocky River. (Information from Wikipedia)

• Excerpt from Pioneer Women of the Western Reserve by Women's Committee of Western Reserve Historical Society, 1896, transcribed by Betty Ralph.
• Rockport Township History from History of Cuyahoga County, Ohio compiled by Crisfield Johnson, 1879.(off site at Ohio AHGP)
• Images of History of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Chrisfield Johnson, comp. 1879 (off site at Cuyahoga West Chapter OGS.)
• "History of Rockport Township, Cuyahoga County, OH (Part 1)" from A History of Cuyahoga County and the City of Cleveland by William R. Coates (off-site at Ray's Place)
• "History of Rockport Township, Cuyahoga County, OH (Part 2)" from A History of Cuyahoga County and the City of Cleveland by William R. Coates (off-site at Ray's Place)
• "History of Rockport Township, Cuyahoga County, OH (Part 3)" from A History of Cuyahoga County and the City of Cleveland by William R. Coates (off-site at Ray's Place)