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==History==
==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]].<ref name="Flom1909I">{{cite book |last1=Flom |first1=George Tobias |title=A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States from the Earliest Beginning Down to the Year 1848 |date=1909 |publisher=Privately Printed |location=Iowa City |pages=147-49 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PhsOAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover |chapter=CHAPTER XVIII, The Establishment of the Koshkonong Settlement in Dane County, Wisconsin. |access-date=18 July 2024 |language=en}} {{Source-attribution}}</ref>
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]].<ref name="Flom1909I">{{cite book |last1=Flom |first1=George Tobias |title=A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States from the Earliest Beginning Down to the Year 1848 |date=1909 |publisher=Privately Printed |location=Iowa City |pages=147–49 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PhsOAAAAIAAJ |chapter=CHAPTER XVI, The Rock Run Settlement. |access-date=18 July 2024 |language=en}} {{Source-attribution}}</ref>


===Mills===
===Mills===

Latest revision as of 20:13, 7 October 2024

Not to be confused with Rocky Run Township, Illinois or Rocky Run-Wilcox Township, Illinois.
Rock Run Township
Township
Location in Stephenson County
Location in Stephenson County
Coordinates: 42°23′29″N 89°27′50″W / 42.39139°N 89.46389°W / 42.39139; -89.46389
CountryUnited States
StateIllinois
CountyStephenson
Government
 • SupervisorRay Bordner
Area
 • Total
47.84 sq mi (123.9 km2)
 • Land47.82 sq mi (123.9 km2)
 • Water0.02 sq mi (0.05 km2)  0.04%
Elevation
909 ft (277 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Estimate 
(2016)[1]
2,153
 • Density47/sq mi (18/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
FIPS code17-177-65143

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

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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 47.84 square miles (123.9 km2), of which 47.82 square miles (123.9 km2) (or 99.96%) is land and 0.02 square miles (0.052 km2) (or 0.04%) is water.[2]

History

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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

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Carnefix Mill, a three–story stone grist mill was built at Irish Grove 4 miles (6.4 km) 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 3+1⁄2-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]

Demographics

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Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2016 (est.)2,153[1]
U.S. Decennial Census[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved May 28, 2013.
  3. ^ Flom, George Tobias (1909). "CHAPTER XVI, The Rock Run Settlement.". A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States from the Earliest Beginning Down to the Year 1848. Iowa City: Privately Printed. pp. 147–49. Retrieved July 18, 2024. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  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.
  7. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
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