Editing Rock Port, Missouri (section)

==History==
[[File:Atchison County Missouri Courthouse 20191027-7077.jpg|thumb|right|Atchison County courthouse in Rock Port]]
Rock Port was laid out in 1851.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_RfAuAAAAYAAJ | title=How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named | publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri | author=Eaton, David Wolfe | year=1916 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_RfAuAAAAYAAJ/page/n14 203]}}</ref> The city, which is eight miles east of the [[Missouri River]] in the [[Loess Hills]] bluffs above the river, derives its name from [[Rock Creek (upper Missouri River)|Rock Creek]], which flows through it. Following the [[Honey War]] border dispute with Iowa when Missouri's northern border was shifted farther south, the original county seat was moved from Linden to Rock Port.<ref>[[Missouri v. Iowa]]</ref>

The original city is located just east of [[Interstate 29 in Missouri|I-29]], but there is an additional travel hub closer to the interstate; [[truck stop]]s, [[motel]]s, [[fast food]] restaurants and [[fireworks]] stands host a large number of daytime visitors, despite the city's small size.{{Citation needed|date=May 2009}}

The city of Rock Port has become largely energy self-sufficient.<ref name=NPR/> In April 2008, Rock Port claimed to be the first community in the United States to have its electricity 100 percent generated by [[wind power]]. Rock Port, which uses about 13 million kWh a year, has its power generated by the [[Loess Hills]] Wind Farm. The farm has four [[Suzlon]] 1.25-megawatt wind turbines. Excess power is sold to the [[Missouri Public Utility Alliance]] in [[Columbia, Missouri]].<ref>Rock Port to become first American 100 percent wind powered community - Maryville Daily Forum - April 13, 2008</ref> The idea for the wind turbines came from the town's former mortuary worker, Eric Chamberlain.<ref name=NPR>[https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93208355 Missouri Town Is Running On Vapor — And Thriving], Frank Morris, August 9, 2008, [[National Public Radio]]; accessed August 10, 2008</ref> The farm was built by [[Wind capital group|Wind Capital Group]] and is by far the company's smallest wind farm developed through January 2009. Wind Capital in 2008 built the bigger 50.4MW Cow Branch Wind Farm between Rock Port and Tarkio.

The [[Atchison County Memorial Building]] and [[John Dickinson Dopf Mansion]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>