WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Washington County, Utah)
ROCKVILLE, UTAH
LOCATION
TBDHISTORY
The name, Rockville, was selected at a meeting in Grafton on December 13, 1860 held in Grafton. This name was appropriate because of the large number of boulders that had come off the hills behind the townsite.Rockville was actually settled in 1862 when Mr. Huber built a home there and became as a first settler.
Population
95 in 1864
HISTORIC SITES
Deseret Telegraph and Post OfficePHOTOS
Photos on the web:1898 photo of Huber's Water Wheel in Rockville
Photo of Major Edward P. Duzett (a drummer in the Nauvoo Legion who died in Rockville in 1874)
Jim Harlan's Zion Event Photos Collection
REFERENCES
Wikipedia article about RockvilleOnlineUtah.com article about Rockville
"History of Rockville: Alfred and Julia Hall, Their Ancestors and Their Children"
Book by Victor Hall
Hurricane: Privately printed by Victor Hall, 2004
Washington County Chapter, Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, " Under Dixie Sun".
1950 with 1978 Supplement.
Pages 280-290, Supplement Pages 23-24.