Rock Run Township, Stephenson County, Illinois Explained

Unit Pref:Imperial
Settlement Type:Township
Official Name:Rock Run Township
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Illinois
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Stephenson
Leader Title:Supervisor
Leader Name:Ray Bordner
Area Total Sq Mi:47.84
Area Land Sq Mi:47.82
Area Water Sq Mi:0.02
Area Water Percent:0.04
Population As Of:2010
Population Density Sq Mi:47
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Coordinates:42.3914°N -89.4639°W
Elevation Ft:909
Pop Est As Of:2016
Pop Est Footnotes:[1]
Population Est:2153
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:17-177-65143

Rock Run Township is located in Stephenson County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 2,247 and it contained 969 housing units.[2] The villages of Rock City and Davis are located in the township.

Geography

Rock Run is Townships 27 (part) and 28 (part) North, Range 9 East of the Fourth Principal Meridian.

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, of which (or 99.96%) is land and (or 0.04%) is water.[2]

History

The Norwegian-American Rock Run Settlement was established in 1839. Named after the town of Rock Run, it lay partly in Stephenson, partly in Winnebago County, Illinois.[3]

Mills

Carnefix Mill, a three–story stone grist mill was built at Irish Grove south of Davis on Rock Run creek by George Raymer in the 1850s. The mill was still standing in 1970.[4]

Davis Manufacturing Company Mill, built in Davis in 1876, was a -story stone flour mill with four run of stone powered by steam. The mill closed in 1880 and was demolished.[5]

Epplyanna Mill (Section 15) a three–story stone grist mill was built on Rock Run north of Rock City by James Epley in 1854. It ceased operation in 1910. After 1910, it was used as a barn. It was demolished by dynamite in 1955.[6]

References

  1. Web site: Population and Housing Unit Estimates. June 9, 2017.
  2. Web site: Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1 . https://archive.today/20200212200302/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US17177 . dead . 2020-02-12 . United States Census . 2013-05-28.
  3. Book: Flom . George Tobias . A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States from the Earliest Beginning Down to the Year 1848 . 1909 . Privately Printed . Iowa City . 147-49 . CHAPTER XVI, The Rock Run Settlement. . 18 July 2024 . en.
  4. History of Stephenson County 1970. Freeport, Illinois: County of Stephenson, 1972. pp. 174, 304–305, illus.
  5. History of Stephenson County 1970 (1972) p.184.
  6. History of Stephenson County 1970 (1972) pp. 172–173, illus.

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