Rock Island may refer to: *

islet An islet is a very small, often unnamed island. Most definitions are not precise, but some suggest that an islet has little or no vegetation and cannot support human habitation. It may be made of rock, sand and/or hard coral; may be permanent ...

s known as rocks or rock islands

Places

Rock Island Township (disambiguation) Rock Island Township may refer to the following townships in the United States: * Rock Island Township, Rock Island County, Illinois * Rock Island Township, Williams County, North Dakota See also * Rock Island County * Rock Island (disambiguati ...

Canada

Islands

Rock Island (Nunavut) Rock Island is an uninhabited island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It is located in Davis Strait, southeast of Baffin Island's Cumberland Peninsula and north of Auyuittuq National Park Reserve. Other islands in the immediate ...

* Rock Islands (Lake Nipissing), an island in

Ontario Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central Ca ...

Communities

* Rock Island, Quebec, a community within the ''ville'' of Stanstead

United States

Rock Island II Site The Rock Island II site is located on the south side of Rock Island, in Door County, Wisconsin, United States, at the mouth of Green Bay, within the boundaries of Rock Island State Park. It is classified as an Early Historic site with occupati ...

, Rock Island, Door County, Wisconsin; an archaeological site

Lakes

* Rock Island Lake, Elmore County, Idaho; a lake *

Rock Island Pool Rock Island Pool is a reservoir on the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington. It was created in 1933 with the construction of Rock Island Dam. The reservoir stretches from there upstream to the Rocky Reach Dam. See also * List of dams in ...

, Washington State; a reservoir lake

Islands

Rock Island (Lake County, Montana) Rock Island may refer to: * islets known as rocks or rock islands Places * Rock Island Township (disambiguation) Canada Islands * Rock Island (Nunavut) * Rock Islands (Lake Nipissing), an island in Ontario Communities * Rock Island, ...

, an island in Flathead Lake *

Rock Island (Sanders County, Montana) Rock Island may refer to: * islets known as rocks or rock islands Places * Rock Island Township (disambiguation) Canada Islands * Rock Island (Nunavut) * Rock Islands (Lake Nipissing), an island in List of islands of Ontario#Lake Nipissin ...

, an island in Noxon Reservoir * Rock Island (New York) on the Saint Lawrence River * Rock Island (Oregon), in the

Willamette River The Willamette River ( ) is a major tributary of the Columbia River, accounting for 12 to 15 percent of the Columbia's flow. The Willamette's main stem is long, lying entirely in northwestern Oregon in the United States. Flowing northward b ...

* Rock Island (Rhode Island) *

Rock Island (Wisconsin) Rock Island is a mostly wooded island off the tip of Wisconsin's Door Peninsula at the mouth of Green Bay, in Door County, Wisconsin. The island is approximately long and wide. It rises to 65 meters above Lake Michigan, making it the highest i ...

Rock Island State Park (Wisconsin) Rock Island State Park is a state park of Wisconsin located on Rock Island off the tip of the Door Peninsula at the eastern edge of Green Bay and Lake Michigan. History Rock Island was proposed as a state park in early 1961 by officials of th ...

Communities

* Rock Island, Florida *

Rock Island, Illinois Rock Island is a city in and the county seat of Rock Island County, Illinois, Rock Island County, Illinois, United States. The original Rock Island, from which the city name is derived, is now called Rock Island Arsenal, Arsenal Island. The popul ...

, largest city in the U.S. with that name ** Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, a multi-state conurbation *

Rock Island County, Illinois Rock Island County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois, bounded on the west by the Mississippi River. According to the 2010 census, it had a population of 147,546. Its county seat is Rock Island; its largest city is neighboring ...

Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois Rock Island Arsenal is a census-designated place (CDP) in Rock Island County, Illinois, United States. The population was 149 at the 2010 census. The island contains the Rock Island National Cemetery. Geography Rock Island Arsenal is located at ...

Rock Island, Oklahoma Rock Island is a town in Le Flore County, Oklahoma, United States. It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 646 at the 2010 census, a decline of 8.9 percent from the figure of 709 recorded ...

Rock Island, Tennessee Rock Island is an unincorporated community in the northeasternmost portion of Warren County, Tennessee, United States. The town is named after an island on the Caney Fork River just below the confluence of the Rocky River. Rock Island is home to t ...

Rock Island, Colorado County, Texas Rock Island is an unincorporated community in Colorado County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had an estimated population of 160 in 2000. Geography Rock Island is situated along U.S. Highway 90A in Colo ...

Rock Island, Washington County, Texas Rock Island is a historical settlement located on the Brazos River in Washington County, Texas Washington County is a county in Texas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 35,805. Its county seat is Brenham, which is located along U ...

Glenrio, New Mexico and Texas Glenrio, formerly Rock Island, is an unincorporated community in both Deaf Smith County, Texas, and Quay County, New Mexico, United States. Located on the former U.S. Route 66, the ghost town sits on the Texas–New Mexico state line. It includes ...

, once Rock Island, Deaf Smith County, Texas *

Rock Island, Washington Rock Island is a city in Douglas County, Washington, United States. It is part of the Wenatchee–East Wenatchee Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 788 at the 2010 census. History Rock Island was officially incorporated on N ...

Elsewhere

Rock Island (Ireland) Rock Island () is a promontory in West Cork, Ireland, situated about south of the village of Goleen, at the entrance to the inlet of Crookhaven. Not a true island, Rock Island is surrounded on three sides by sea while a small strip of land wit ...

Rock Islands The Rock Islands of Palau, also called ''Chelbacheb'', are a collection of several hundred small limestone or coral uprises in the Southern Lagoon of Palau between Koror and Peleliu, now an incorporated part of Koror State. There are between 25 ...

, Palau *

Rock Island (Trinidad and Tobago) Rock Island is a small island in Trinidad and Tobago, part of the ''Five Islands'' group of islands. It is located in the Gulf of Paria, approximately 2 kilometres off the main island of Trinidad from Point Gourde. Of the "Five Islands", which are ...

Transportation

Rock Island Depot (disambiguation) Rock Island Depot (or variations such as Rock Island Passenger Station) may refer to: *Any one of many railroad stations of the Rock Island Railroad These include: Arkansas * Blue Mountain station (Arkansas), Blue Mountain Depot * Carlisle Rock ...

Rock Island Bridge (disambiguation) Rock Island Bridge may refer to: * Rock Island Bridge (Kansas City, Kansas), crossing the Kansas River in Kansas City, Kansas and Missouri * Rock Island Centennial Bridge, crossing the Mississippi River between Rock Island, Illinois and Davenport, ...

Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (CRI&P RW, sometimes called ''Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway'') was an American Class I railroad. It was also known as the Rock Island Line, or, in its final years, The Rock. At the end ...

, a railway company, known as the ''Rock Island Line'' ** 1894 Rock Island railroad wreck, a train sabotage which killed 11 near Lincoln, Nebraska ** Rock Island Snow Plow No. 95580, a railway plow ** Rock Island 886, a steam locomotive *

Rock Island District The Rock Island District (RI) is a Metra commuter rail line from Chicago, Illinois, southwest to Joliet, Illinois, Joliet. Metra does not refer to its lines by color, but the timetable accents for the Rock Island District line are "Rocket Red" i ...

, a commuter rail line in Chicago *

Rock Island Light Rock Island Light is a lighthouse on Rock Island in the Saint Lawrence River in Jefferson County, New York, United States. The island is owned by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation and operated as Rock Isl ...

(Rock Island) a lighthouse on the Saint-Lawrence River, in Jefferson, County, New York State, USA

Film and television

* '' Rock Island Mysteries'', a 2022 Australian children's drama TV series

Music

Rock Island 2002 Rock Island was the first revived Isle of Wight Festival to take place on the Seaclose Park site in Newport on the Isle of Wight. It was a one-day event held on 3 June 2002. The event had a capacity of 22,000, however only around 8 to 10,000 at ...

, a music event held in 2002 on the Isle of Wight

Albums

* ''Rock Island'' (Jethro Tull album) * ''Rock Island'' (Palm album)

Songs

* "

Rock Island Line "Rock Island Line" is an American folk song. Ostensibly about the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, it appeared as a folk song as early as 1929. The first recorded performance of "Rock Island Line" was by inmates of the Arkansas Cummins ...

", a blues/folk song by Leadbelly * "Rock Island", a song from the musical ''

The Music Man ''The Music Man'' is a musical with book, music, and lyrics by Meredith Willson, based on a story by Willson and Franklin Lacey. The plot concerns con man Harold Hill, who poses as a boys' band organizer and leader and sells band instruments and ...

Other uses

Rock Island State Park (disambiguation) Rock Island State Park can refer to: *Rock Island State Park (Tennessee) *Rock Island State Park (Wisconsin) See also * Rock Island Trail State Park (disambiguation) *Rock Island (disambiguation) Rock Island may refer to: * islets known as rocks ...

Rock Island Trail (disambiguation) Rock Island Trail may refer to: Parks * Rock Island Trail (Colorado), see Limon Railroad Depot ;Rock Island Trail State Park * Rock Island Trail State Park (Illinois), Illinois * Rock Island Trail State Park (Missouri), Missouri Other uses * '' ...

Rock Island High School Rock Island High School, also known as "Rocky", is a public four-year high school located in Rock Island, Illinois, United States. Rocky is within the Rock Island–Milan School District 41, and the school colors are crimson and gold. Administrati ...

, Rock Island, Illinois, USA *

Rock Island Arsenal The Rock Island Arsenal comprises , located on Arsenal Island, originally known as Rock Island, on the Mississippi River between the cities of Davenport, Iowa, and Rock Island, Illinois. It lies within the state of Illinois. Rock Island ...

, Rock Island, Illinois, USA; historic arsenal on Mississippi River **

Rock Island Arsenal Museum The Rock Island Arsenal Museum in Rock Island County, Illinois is based around the history of Rock Island Arsenal. It is the second oldest museum of the United States Army, the oldest being the Museum at West Point. History There have been two mus ...

** Rock Island National Cemetery *

Rock Island Islanders The Rock Island Islanders was the primary name of the minor league baseball teams based in Rock Island, Illinois, one of the Quad Cities, between 1892 and 1937. Rock Island teams played as members of the Illinois–Iowa League (1892), Western Asso ...

, Rock Island, Illinois, USA; a minor league baseball team