According to the 2010 census, the village has a total area of 5.71 square miles (14.8 km 2), of which 5.50 square miles (14.2 km 2) (or 96.32%) is land and 0.21 square miles (0.54 km 2) (or 3.68%) is water. Native American tribes originally inhabited the region. Stephen Mack, Jr. was the first white settler in the Rockton area. He was married to Hononegah, a respected Native American woman from one of the surrounding tribes. His original outpost (c. 1830s) eventually became Macktown.
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REAL PROPERTY . CONTIGUOUS PROPERTY AND NON-CONTIGUOUS PROPERTY. Description: Contiguous property is any land adjoining the homestead, which is held on a separate deed from the homestead and may be liquidated separately. Property is considered to adjoin the homestead if the only intervening real property is an easement or public right of way, such as