Red Oak is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

located along Richland Creek in Buckeye Township,

Stephenson County Stephenson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 United States census, it had a population of 44,630. Its county seat is Freeport. Stephenson County is included in the Freeport, IL Micropolitan Statis ...

Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. It borders on Lake Michigan to its northeast, the Mississippi River to its west, and the Wabash River, Wabash and Ohio River, Ohio rivers to its ...

, United States. Red Oak is in Orangeville Community School District.

History

Stephen A. Rigney (180–1947), Illinois state representative and farmer, was born near Red Oak.'Illinois Blue Book 1909-1910.' Biographical Sketch of Stephen Rigney, pg. 206-297

References

Unincorporated communities in Illinois Unincorporated communities in Stephenson County, Illinois {{StephensonCountyIL-geo-stub