# Rockingham, Missouri

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**Rockingham** is an [unincorporated community](/source/Unincorporated_area#United_States) in eastern [Ray County](/source/Ray_County,_Missouri), in the [U.S. state](/source/U.S._state) of [Missouri](/source/Missouri) and part of the [Kansas City metropolitan area](/source/Kansas_City_metropolitan_area).[1]

The community is on [Missouri Route AA](/source/Missouri_Route_AA) 1.3 miles west of the Ray-[Carroll](/source/Carroll_County,_Missouri) county line. [Richmond](/source/Richmond,_Missouri) is eleven miles to the southwest.[2]

## History

A post office called Rockingham was established in 1888, and remained in operation until 1904.[3] The community was named after [Rockingham County, Virginia](/source/Rockingham_County,_Virginia), the former home of a share of the first settlers.[4]

## References

1. *Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer,* DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, p. 28 ISBN 0899332242

1. ["Post Offices"](http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MO&county=Ray). Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 12 December 2016.

1. ["Ray County Place Names, 1928–1945"](http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_ray.html). The State Historical Society of Missouri. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20160624070717/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_ray.html) June 24, 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved December 12, 2016.

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