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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.
UTC-6 (CST) • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT) ZIP code. 61085. FIPS code. 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.
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.
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]
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 ...
The Holt 75 model gasoline-powered Caterpillar tractor used early in World War I as an artillery tractor. Later models were produced without the front "tiller wheel." The Holt Manufacturing Company began with the 1883 founding of Stockton Wheel Service in Stockton, California, United States. [3][4][5] Benjamin Holt, later credited with ...
Background [ edit] Born in Stockton, Illinois, Lawfer served in the United States Army in Korea, He then received his bachelor's degree from University of Illinois. He was a grain, beef, and dairy farmer. He served as a county board member for Jo Daviess County, Illinois and in the Wards Grove Township, Jo Daviess County, Illinois.
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.