• Rockford is the oldest town in Mercer County
• Town was founded as Shanesville in 1820 by Anthony Shane, a French Ottawa Indian.
• First town in the county to have street lights
• At one time the town had its own power plant, airport, and opera house
• An old log home sitting on land that was once Anthony Shane’s grant and was believed to be his home is now a historical site.

• A New K-12 school building was constructed in 2006.
• Over 6000 vehicles travel through the village of Rockford each day
• A Main Street reconstruction project was started in 1999
• A new water tower was installed in 2000