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The village of Stockton is the youngest village in Jo Daviess County. [6] It was established after the Minnesota Northwestern Railroad decided to build a station in Section 2 of Stockton Township in 1886, which through mergers later became named the Chicago Great Western Railway. The railroad tracks were removed in the early 1970s.
17-085-72793. Stockton Township is one of 23 townships in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 2,453 and it contained 1,141 housing units. [2]
Jo Daviess County (/ ˈdeɪvɪs /) is the northwesternmost county in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 22,035. [ 1 ] Its county seat is Galena. [ 2 ] Jo Daviess County is part of the Tri-State Area and is located near Dubuque, Iowa and Platteville, Wisconsin.
Website. Stockton High School. Stockton High School, or SHS, is a public four-year high school located at 540 North Rush Street in Stockton, Illinois, a village in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, in the Midwestern United States. SHS serves the community and surrounding areas of Stockton. [ 2][ 3] The campus is located 42 miles southeast of Dubuque ...
Coles County was organized by on December 25, 1830, from Clark and Edgar counties. It was named after Edward Coles, [3] the second governor of Illinois, from 1822 to 1826. The majority of the American settlers who founded Coles County were either from the six New England states, or were born in upstate New York to parents who had moved to that region from New England shortly after the American ...
05000111 [1] Added to NRHP. May 17, 2005. The Townsend Home is a historic house located about 3 miles (4.8 km) from Stockton, Illinois, in Jo Daviess County. It is a fine example of an Upright and Wing style house with Greek Revival detailing and was completed in 1856. The house was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 2005.
On August 3 in Sandy, he purchased a Chinese-made AK-47 at Sandy Trading Post; [35] this would be the weapon Purdy used in the Stockton schoolyard shooting. He eventually returned to Stockton where, on December 26, 1988, he rented a room at the El Rancho Motel. He resided at this motel until his death. [36]
Vice presidential candidate, 1992. James Bond Stockdale (December 23, 1923 – July 5, 2005) was a United States Navy vice admiral and aviator who was awarded the Medal of Honor in the Vietnam War, during which he was a prisoner of war for over seven years. Stockdale was the most senior naval officer held captive in Hanoi, North Vietnam.