West Point Township is located in
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
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, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,369 and it contained 1,483 housing units.
The village of
Lena
Lena or LENA may refer to:
Places
* Léna Department, a department of Houet Province in Burkina Faso
* Lena, Manitoba, an unincorporated community located in Killarney-Turtle Mountain municipality in Manitoba, Canada
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, the unincorporated community of
Waddams Grove, and two former communities of
Louisa and
West Point
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were all located in this township.
Geography
West Point is Township 28 North, Range 5 (part) and 6 (part) East of the Fourth Principal Meridian.
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.83%) is land and (or 0.2%) is water.
Stagecoach inns
The Buckhorn Inn, a log building, was built in 1838 in Alida, now Lena, along the Old State Road number 2, now called the Stagecoach Trail. It was a stop for the Frink, Walker & Company stage line that operated from Chicago to Galena 1839–1854. The building was demolished and replaced by Dodd's Inn in 1848.
Dodd's Inn was built by Samuel Dodds on the Buckhorn Inn site in 1848 as a stage inn for Frink, Walker & Company. From 1854 to 1857 the stone building was used as a post office. It is now a residence on Lena Street in Lena.
The Thomas S. French home and stagecoach stop (Section 19) was built after 1837 along the Old State Road number 2, now called the Stagecoach Trail. The stone house was a stop for the Frink, Walker & Company stage line. The stone stage barn across the road from the house was later demolished. The house is southeast of Waddams Grove and northwest of Five Corners intersection.
[''History of Stephenson County 1970'' (1972) p. 214.]
Demographics
References
External links
City-data.comStephenson County official site
Townships in Stephenson County, Illinois
Townships in Illinois
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