Rocheport, Missouri

Rocheport is a city in Boone County, Missouri, United States.

On June 7, 1804, their journey led them to the convergence of the Missouri River and Moniteau Creek near the future settlement of Rocheport.

Clark noted the features of the land, flora, fauna and native pictographs on the bluffs in his journal.

The Sauk leader Quashquame led a village of Sauk, Meskwaki, and Ioway near Rocheport, along Moniteau Creek in the first decade of the 19th century;[4] this village was noted by Zebulon Pike in 1806.

[6] The Moses U. Payne House is a historic structured located just outside Rocheport.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.27 square miles (0.70 km2), all land.

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.

Katy Trail at Rocheport, Missouri
Map of Missouri highlighting Boone County