Ridott Township is located in
Stephenson County, Illinois
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 Sta ...
, USA. At the 2010 census, its population was 1,451 and it contained 612 housing units.
The villages of
Ridott and
German Valley
German Valley is a village in Stephenson County, Illinois, United States. German Valley is located four miles south of U.S. Route 20 between Freeport and Rockford. German Valley had a population of 433 at the 2020 census, with a 2023 estimate ...
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 south-east of Sheffield and nor ...
, 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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