Rockford General Store

Rockford was the county seat from 1789 to 1850, when the county seat was transferred to nearby Dobson. This store opened in 1890, the same year the railroad first arrived and connected the town to neighboring communities. Five different families have owned and operated this store since it first opened its doors in 1890. Today's owners Paul and Carolyn Carter were house hunting nine years ago when they got lost in rural Surry County and wound up in the Village of Rockford. When the Carters came upon the store, it was listed for sale as the fourth owner had died about seven months earlier. The couple decided to purchase and reopen this old store and also opened an amphitheater behind the store.

Inside the general store one can find 200 kinds of candy. However, one of the store’s best sellers is the Rockford steak sandwich: a quarter-inch-thick piece of rolled bologna and a quarter-pound slab of hoop cheese toasted between potato bread. The store is filled with old vintage items, that are a rarity to find such as oil lamps, dolls, and folk art.On Saturdays, the store attracts many motorcycle riders and you can find at times 100 motorcycles parked in front.

Rockford General Store. Accessed December 13th 2019. http://www.rockfordgeneralstore.com/aboutus.html.