Eckford may refer to: People Elizabeth Eckford (born 1941), one of the Little Rock Nine group of African-American students Henry Eckford (horticulturist) (1823–1905), British plant breeder Henry Eckford (shipbuilder) (1775–1832), Scottish-born American naval architect and shipbuilder Joseph Eckford (1814–1884), Australian politician James Eckford Lauder (1811–1869), Scottish artist Maggie Eckford (born c. 1986), American singer-songwriter better known by her stage name Ruelle (singer) Tyler Eckford (born 1985), Canadian professional ice hockey player Places Eckford, Scottish Borders, a village in Roxburghshire, Scotland The Eckford chain of lakes in the Adirondack Mountains in the United States Eckford Township, Michigan, a civil township in Calhoun County, Michigan, in the United States Ships PS Henry Eckford, an American commercial steamship in service from 1824 to 1841, the first steamship with a compound engine , a United States Navy fleet replenishment oiler launched in 1989 and scrapped while still incomplete in 2011 Sports Eckford of Brooklyn, an American baseball club in Brooklyn, New York, that played from 1855 to 1872