Rocheport, MO

Rocheport is a city in Boone County, Missouri, United States. The 2020 census counted 201 residents. Rocheport is part of the Columbia, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area. Rocheport includes the Rocheport Historic District, an area with buildings dating from 1830 and which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Rocheport offers a variety of shops, art galleries, restaurants and outdoor activities. Rocheport is near the middle of the Katy Trail, a 225-mile-long bike path stretching across the state of Missouri, that was built on a former railroad right-of-way.

In Rocheport, history and present-day settings sit close enough to belong to the same local picture. The map tells the story in Rocheport, where earlier chapters remain visible in current streets, buildings, and gathering places. Rocheport was a trading post for both settlers and Native Americans. After the purchase of the Louisiana Territory in 1803, President Thomas Jefferson commissioned Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to lead an expedition to explore the western territories. Rocheport includes a historic district.