Freeport Township is located in
Stephenson County,
Illinois
Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolitan areas include, Peoria and Rockf ...
. As of the 2010 census, its population was 25,638 and it contained 12,396 housing units.
Freeport Township is
coterminous with City of
Freeport. It is one of seventeen coterminous townships in Illinois.
Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.92%) is land and (or 0.08%) is water.
Stagecoach inns
The Mansion House hotel on Walnut Street and Spring Streets in Freeport was built by Benjamin Goddard in 1838. It was an official stage stop on the Old State Road number 2, now Business U.S. Route 20, for the Frink, Walker & Company stage line Chicago to Galena 1839–1854. The building is no longer standing.
[''History of Stephenson County 1970''. Freeport, Illinois: County of Stephenson, 1972. p. 371.]
Demographics
References
External links
City-data.comStephenson County Official Site
Townships in Stephenson County, Illinois
Rockford metropolitan area, Illinois
Townships in Illinois
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