Rock Run Township is located in
Stephenson County
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Illinois
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. As of the 2010 census, its population was 2,247 and it contained 969 housing units.
The villages of
Rock City and
Davis
Davis may refer to:
Places Antarctica
* Mount Davis (Antarctica)
* Davis Island (Palmer Archipelago)
* Davis Station, an Australian base and research outpost in the Vestfold Hills
* Davis Valley, Queen Elizabeth Land
Canada
* Davis, Sa ...
are located in the township.
Geography
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 , of which (or 99.96%) is land and (or 0.04%) is water.
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
Winnebago County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 285,350 making it the seventh most populous county in Illinois behind Cook County and its five surrounding collar countie ...
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Mills
Carnefix Mill, a three–story stone grist mill was built at Irish Grove south of Davis on Rock Run creek by George Raymer in the 1850s. The mill was still standing in 1970.
Davis Manufacturing Company Mill, built in Davis in 1876, was a -story stone flour mill with four run of stone powered by steam. The mill closed in 1880 and was demolished.
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.
[''History of Stephenson County 1970'' (1972) pp. 172–173, illus.]
Demographics
References
External links
City-data.comStephenson County Official Site
Townships in Stephenson County, Illinois
Townships in Illinois
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