Rockville

English

Etymology

From rock +‎ -ville.

Proper noun

Rockville

1. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A census-designated place in Alabama.
   2. An unincorporated community in California.
   3. A census-designated place in Connecticut.
   4. An unincorporated community in Georgia.
   5. A town, the county seat of Parke County, Indiana.
   6. An unincorporated community in Iowa.
   7. A city, the county seat of Montgomery County, Maryland; named for nearby Rock Creek.
   8. A city in Minnesota; named for granite rock formations on nearby streams.
   9. A city in Missouri; named for local white sandstone quarries.
   10. A village in Nebraska.
   11. An unincorporated community in Ohio; named for nearby quarries.
   12. An unincorporated community in Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, location of the Rockville Bridge.
   13. A village in Rhode Island.
   14. A town in South Carolina.
   15. A town in Washington County, Utah.
       • 1895, J[ohn] W[esley] Powell, chapter I, in Canyons of the Colorado, Meadville, PA: Flood & Vincent; republished as The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons, New York: Dover, 1961, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 30:

         The Rio Virgen, between Long Valley and the Mormon town of Rockville, runs through Parunuweap Canyon, which is often not more than 20 or 30 feet in width and is from 600 to 1,500 feet deep.

   16. An unincorporated community in Virginia; named for postmaster William Rock.
   17. An unincorporated community in West Virginia; named for the area's rocky terrain.
   18. An unincorporated community in Grant County, Wisconsin.
   19. An unincorporated community in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.
2. A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
3. A suburb of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.

Derived terms

• Rockville Centre