Silver Creek Township, Stephenson County, Illinois

Coordinates: 42°14′48″N 89°34′01″W / 42.24667°N 89.56694°W / 42.24667; -89.56694
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Silver Creek Township
Township
Location in Stephenson County
Location in Stephenson County
Coordinates: 42°14′48″N 89°34′01″W / 42.24667°N 89.56694°W / 42.24667; -89.56694
CountryUnited States
StateIllinois
CountyStephenson
Government
 • SupervisorLee Runte
Area
 • Total35 sq mi (90 km2)
 • Land34.98 sq mi (90.6 km2)
 • Water0.02 sq mi (0.05 km2)  0.06%
Elevation
823 ft (251 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Estimate 
(2016)[1]
666
 • Density19.9/sq mi (7.7/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
FIPS code17-177-69953

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 / 42.24667; -89.56694 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]

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
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]

  1. ^ a b "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  4. ^ Stephenson County, Illinois General Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Illinois Department of Transportation. 2009. Retrieved September 4, 2010.
  5. ^ Fulwider, Addison L. (1910). History of Stephenson County, Illinois: Volume 1. p. 391.
  6. ^ History of Stephenson County 1970. Freeport, Illinois: County of Stephenson, 1972. p. 196, illus.
  7. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.

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