Ridott Township is located in
Stephenson County, Illinois
Stephenson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2010 United States Census, it had a population of 47,711. Its county seat is Freeport.
Stephenson County is included in the Freeport, IL Micropolitan Statis ...
, USA. At the 2010 census, its population was 1,451 and it contained 612 housing units.
The villages of
Ridott and
German Valley are located in this township.
Ridott Township was named for an early settler.
Geography
Ridott is Townships 26 and 27 (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 99.91%) is land and (or 0.11%) is water.
Stagecoach inns
Hunt's Tavern was built after 1842 by Thomas Hunt from
Nottingham
Nottingham ( , East Midlands English, locally ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city and Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located north-west of London, south-east ...
, England, along the Old State Road number 2, now U.S. Route 20. Frink, Walker & Company stage line, Chicago to Galena, used this road 1839 to 1854. The stone tavern burned in 1914.
[''History of Stephenson County 1970''. Freeport, Illinois: County of Stephenson, 1972. p. 142, 146.]
Demographics
References
External links
City-data.comStephenson County official website
Townships in Stephenson County, Illinois
Townships in Illinois
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