Silver Creek Township, Illinois
Silver Creek Township | |
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Township | |
 Location in Stephenson County | |
| Coordinates: 42°14′48″N 89°34′01″W / 42.24667°N 89.56694°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Illinois |
| County | Stephenson |
| Government | |
| • Supervisor | Lee Runte |
| Area | |
| • Total | 35 sq mi (90 km2) |
| • Land | 34.98 sq mi (90.6 km2) |
| • Water | 0.02 sq mi (0.05 km2) 0.06% |
| Elevation | 823 ft (251 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Estimate (2016)[1] | 666 |
| • Density | 19.9/sq mi (7.7/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| FIPS code | 17-177-69953 |
Silver Creek Township is a township in Stephenson County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 696 and it contained 332 housing units.[2][3]
Geography
[edit]Silver Creek is Townships 26 and 27 (part) North, Range 8 East of the Fourth Principal Meridian.
Silver Creek Township is located at 42°14′48″N 89°34′01″W / 42.24667°N 89.56694°W at an elevation of 823 feet (251 meters). According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 35 square miles (91 km2), of which 34.98 square miles (90.6 km2) (or 99.94%) is land and 0.02 square miles (0.052 km2) (or 0.06%) is water.[2] Silver Creek Township borders the city of Freeport, the county seat of Stephenson County, to the northwest.[4]
History
[edit]Thomas Craine first settled Silver Creek Township in August 1835.[5]
Mills
[edit]Brown's Mill was built four miles east of Freeport on the Pecatonica River by Caleb W. Brown in 1857. The stone grist mill closed in 1903 and was converted to a power plant by A.J. Goddard in 1908. For a short time it generated power for the street car system in Freeport. After a fire in 1950 partially destroyed the building it was rebuilt and converted to a residence. It was still standing on Brown's Mill Road in 2014.[6]
Demographics
[edit]| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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| 2016 (est.) | 666 | [1] | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[7] | |||
As of the census of 2000,[3] there were 739 people, 293 households, and 219 families in Silver Creek Township.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.
- ^ a b "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 February 12, 2020. Retrieved May 28, 2013.
- ^ a b "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ Stephenson County, Illinois General Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Illinois Department of Transportation. 2009. Retrieved September 4, 2010.
- ^ Fulwider, Addison L. (1910). History of Stephenson County, Illinois: Volume 1. p. 391.
- ^ History of Stephenson County 1970. Freeport, Illinois: County of Stephenson, 1972. p. 196, illus.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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