Rockingham

… town and county seat, W Richmond County. Courthouse est. at site 1779 and known as Richmond Court House until 1784, when it was named for Charles Watson-Wentworth (1730-82), second Marquis of Rockingham, British advocate of American independence. Manufactures textiles, paper, apparel, and processes poultry. See also East Rockingham; West Rockingham. Alt. 211.