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The Journal Standard is an American daily newspaper published Monday through Saturday in Freeport, Illinois, by Gannett for readers in Carroll, Jo Daviess, Ogle and Stephenson counties. References [ edit ]
Walker Mortuary Ltd., at 123 W. Main St., will celebrate its 100th anniversary Sunday with an open house. Freeport's family-owned Walker Mortuary has seen a lot of changes in 100 years Skip to ...
The Soldiers' Monument is an American Civil War memorial located at the northern corner of Galena Avenue and Stephenson Street in Freeport, Illinois. [2]General Smith D. Atkins designed the monument, which was erected in 1871.
By 1910, Rawleigh was the most prominent citizen of Freeport. Not only did he build his business from the ground up, but he was involved in community service as well as becoming the acting mayor from 1909 to 1911 and later served as a member of the Illinois House of Representatives in 1911 and 1912. [11] He was a presidential elector in 1916. [12]
Freeport Township is located in Stephenson County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 25,638 and it contained 12,396 housing units. [ 2 ] Freeport Township is coterminous with City of Freeport .
Freeport is the county seat and largest city of Stephenson County, Illinois, United States. [4] The population was 23,973 at the 2020 census , [ 5 ] and the mayor of Freeport is Jodi Miller, elected in 2017.
Freeport is a small industrial city of 24,000 in northwest Illinois. For a price tag of $13 million, it's building a new public water system to tap deep into new, uncontaminated water sources.
William "Tutty" Baker (1793-1855), was an American pioneer credited as the founder of Freeport, Illinois.Originating from the southern United States, he claimed the land which would become Freeport, then occupied by the Winnebago tribe, in 1827, though he did not immediately build a homestead. [1]