Rock Creek, Illinois | |
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Coordinates: 40°02′45″N91°23′59″W / 40.04583°N 91.39972°W Coordinates: 40°02′45″N91°23′59″W / 40.04583°N 91.39972°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Illinois |
County | Adams |
Elevation | 489 ft (149 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
Area code | 217 |
GNIS feature ID | 423125 [1] |
Rock Creek is an unincorporated community in Adams County, Illinois, United States. Rock Creek is near the confluence of the stream Rock Creek and Ursa Creek on the edge of the Mississippi River floodplain approximately 7.5 miles north of Quincy and five miles east of La Grange, Missouri. [1]
Adams County is the westernmost county in the U.S. state of Illinois. As of the 2020 census, the population was 65,737. Its county seat is Quincy. Adams County is part of the Quincy, IL–MO Micropolitan Statistical Area.
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.
Kane County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 516,522, making it the fifth-most populous county in Illinois. Its county seat is Geneva, and its largest city is Aurora. Kane County is one of the collar counties of the metropolitan statistical area designated "Chicago–Naperville–Elgin, IL–IN–WI" by the US Census.
Hancock County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 17,620. Its county seat is Carthage, and its largest city is Hamilton. The county is made up of rural towns with many farmers.
The Rock River is a tributary of the Mississippi River, approximately 299 miles (481 km) long, in the U.S. states of Wisconsin and Illinois. The river was known as the Sinnissippi to Sauk and Fox Indians; the name means "rocky waters".
Yatesville Lake is a reservoir in Lawrence County, Kentucky in the far eastern part of the state, close to the town of Louisa.
The Rock Island Trail State Park is a 26-mile (42 km) long public rail trail in the west-central region of the U.S. state of Illinois. It was designated a National Recreation Trail in 2003.
Rock Creek is an 18.9-mile-long (30.4 km) tributary of the Monocacy River in south-central Pennsylvania and serves as the border between Cumberland and Mount Joy townships. Rock Creek was used by the Underground Railroad and flows near several Gettysburg Battlefield sites, including Culp's Hill, the Benner Hill artillery location, and Barlow Knoll.
Conewago Creek is an 80.2-mile-long (129.1 km) tributary of the Susquehanna River in Adams and York counties in Pennsylvania in the United States, with its watershed also draining a small portion of Carroll County, Maryland. The source is at an elevation of 1,440 feet (440 m), east of Caledonia State Park, in Franklin Township in Adams County. The mouth is the confluence with the Susquehanna River at York Haven in York County at an elevation of 259 feet (79 m).
Fall Creek Township is one of twenty-two townships in Adams County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 536 and it contained 228 housing units.
Honey Creek Township is one of twenty-two townships in Adams County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 747 and it contained 312 housing units.
Ursa Township is one of twenty-two townships in Adams County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,073 and it contained 507 housing units.
Big Rock Township is located in Kane County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,859 and it contained 717 housing units. Most of its land use is agricultural.
Stillman Creek, also known during different eras as Mud Creek, Old Man's Creek, Sycamore Creek, and Stillman's Run, is part of the Rock River watershed, and located in Ogle County, Illinois, United States. The stream was named for Isaiah Stillman, who also lent his name to the village of Stillman Valley, Illinois, which lies along the creek.
Rock Creek, Illinois may refer to:
Fall Creek is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Fall Creek Township, Adams County, Illinois, United States. Fall Creek is located along Interstate 172 southwest of Payson.
Marcelline is an unincorporated community in northwest Ursa Township, Adams County, Illinois, United States.
Munger is an unincorporated community in Pike County, Illinois, United States. The location is adjacent to the Pike-Adams county line on the Mississippi floodplain two miles east of the Mississippi River and northeast of East Hannibal. Fall Creek is approximately 1.5 miles to the northeast. The Burlington Northern Railroad line passes by the community.