title: Rockford
text: # Rockford
  
  Rockford or Rockfords may refer to:
  
  ## Places
  
  ### United States
  
  * Rockford, Alabama, a town
  * Rockford, Idaho, a census-designated place
  * Rockford, Illinois, a city, the largest municipality of this name
  * Rockford metropolitan area, Illinois, a United States Census Bureau statistical area
  * Rockford, Jackson County, Indiana, an unincorporated community
  * Rockford, Wells County, Indiana, an unincorporated community
  * Rockford, Iowa, a city
  * Rockford, Michigan, a city
  * Rockford, Minnesota, a city
  * Rockford, Missouri, an unincorporated community
  * Rockford, Nebraska, an unincorporated community
  * Rockford, North Carolina, an unincorporated community
  * Rockford, Ohio, a village
  * Rockford, Tuscarawas County, Ohio
  * Rockford, Tennessee, a city
  * Rockford, Washington, a town
  * Rockford Township (disambiguation)
  * Rockford Park, a public park in Wilmington, Delaware
  
  ### Elsewhere
  
  * Rockford, Hampshire, England, a hamlet
  * Rockford, New Zealand, a locality in the Waimakariri District
  
  ## Arts and entertainment
  
  * Rockford (album), a 2006 album by the American rock band Cheap Trick
  * The Rockfords, an American rock band/side project formed in 1999
     * The Rockfords (album), the band's only album, released in 2000
  * Jim Rockford (television character), protagonist of the television series The Rockford Files
     * Joseph "Rocky" Rockford, Jim's father, a supporting character on the show
  * Rockford (film), a 1999 film directed by Nagesh Kukunoor
  * Rockford (video game), an arcade spin-off of the Boulder Dash video game series
  
  ## Education
  
  * Rockford University, a private liberal arts college in Rockford, Illinois
  * Rockford High School (disambiguation)
  * Rockford Public Schools (disambiguation), also school districts
  
  ## Sports
  
  ### Teams based in Rockford, Illinois
  
  * Rockford Aviators, a former professional baseball team
  * Rockford Expos, the initial moniker of the minor league baseball teams located in Rockford, Illinois, from 1988 to 1999
  * Rockford Forest Citys, one of the first professional baseball clubs, playing in the National Association inaugural season (1871)
  * Rockford IceHogs, an American Hockey League team
  * Rockford IceHogs (UHL), a United Hockey League team from 1999 to 2007
  * Rockford Lightning, a former Continental Basketball Association team
  * Rockford Peaches, an All-American Girls Professional Baseball League team from 1943 through 1954
  * Rockford Rox, the primary moniker of the minor league baseball teams based in Rockford, Illinois, between 1871 and 1949
  * Rockford Rampage, a former American indoor soccer team
  * Rockford Royals, a Continental Basketball Association team in the 1970-1971 season
  
  ### Other sports
  
  * Jim Rockford (Canadian football player) (born 1961), former Canadian Football League player
  * Rockford Municipal Stadium, a former name of Beyer Stadium, Rockford, Illinois
  * Rockford Speedway, Loves Park, Illinois, United States
  
  ## Other uses
  
  * USS Rockford (PF-48), a World War II frigate
  * Chicago Rockford International Airport or Rockford International Airport, Rockford, Illinois
  * Rockford Institute, a former American conservative think-tank based in Rockford, Illinois
  * Rockford (wrestler), a ring name of Canadian professional wrestler and actor Todd Fenwick (born 1968)
  * A driving maneuver also known as a J-turn, named after the stunt performed often on The Rockford Files
  