Ridott Township, Stephenson County, Illinois

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Ridott Township
Township
Map highlighting Ridott Township, Stephenson County, Illinois.svg
Location in Stephenson County
Coordinates: 42°15′51″N89°27′42″W / 42.26417°N 89.46167°W / 42.26417; -89.46167 Coordinates: 42°15′51″N89°27′42″W / 42.26417°N 89.46167°W / 42.26417; -89.46167
Country United States
State Illinois
County Stephenson
Government
 • Supervisor Dennis R. Becker
Area
 • Total53.68 sq mi (139.0 km2)
 • Land53.63 sq mi (138.9 km2)
 • Water0.06 sq mi (0.2 km2)  0.11%
Elevation
827 ft (252 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Estimate 
(2016) [1]
1,398
 • Density27.1/sq mi (10.5/km2)
Time zone UTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
FIPS code 17-177-64057

Ridott Township is located in Stephenson County, Illinois, USA. At the 2010 census, its population was 1,451 and it contained 612 housing units. [2] The villages of Ridott and German Valley are located in this township.

Contents

Ridott Township was named for an early settler. [3]

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 53.68 square miles (139.0 km2), of which 53.63 square miles (138.9 km2) (or 99.91%) is land and 0.06 square miles (0.16 km2) (or 0.11%) is water. [2]

Stagecoach inns

Hunt's Tavern was built after 1842 by Thomas Hunt from Nottingham, 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. [4]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.%±
Est. 20161,398 [1]
U.S. Decennial Census [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Population and Housing Unit Estimates" . Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census. Archived from the original on 2020-02-12. Retrieved 2013-05-28.
  3. ↑ Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 118.
  4. ↑ History of Stephenson County 1970. Freeport, Illinois: County of Stephenson, 1972. p. 142, 146.
  5. ↑ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.



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