Rockton, Illinois
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 George H. Hollister House in Rockton
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| Country | United States |
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| State | Illinois |
| County | Winnebago |
| Township | Rockton |
| Elevation | 738 ft (225 m) |
| Coordinates | 42°27′03″N 89°03′50″W / 42.45083°N 89.06389°WCoordinates: 42°27′03″N 89°03′50″W / 42.45083°N 89.06389°W |
| Area | 5.71 sq mi (15 km2) |
| - land | 5.50 sq mi (14 km2) |
| - water | 0.21 sq mi (1 km2) |
| Population | 7,685 (2010) |
| Density | 1,505.5/sq mi (581/km2) |
| Village President | Dale Adams |
| Timezone | CST (UTC-6) |
| - summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| Postal code | 61072 |
| Area code | 815 |
 Location in Winnebago County and the state of Illinois.
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| Website: http://www.rocktonvillage.com/ | |
Rockton is a village in Winnebago County, Illinois, USA. It is located in the Rock River Valley and is part of the Rockford, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 7,685 at the 2010 census, up from 5,296 at the 2000 census.
Rockton is located at 42°27′3″N 89°3′50″W / 42.45083°N 89.06389°W (42.450753, -89.063844).
According to the 2010 census, Rockton has a total area of 5.708 square miles (14.78 km2), of which 5.5 square miles (14.24 km2) (or 96.36%) is land and 0.208 square miles (0.54 km2) (or 3.64%) is water.
Native American tribes originally inhabited the region. Stephen Mack, Jr. was the first white settler in the Rockton area. He was married to Hononegah, a respected Native American woman from one of the surrounding tribes. His original outpost (c. 1830s) eventually became Macktown. William Talcott arrived to the area later and, after a disagreement with Mack, settled on the other side of the nearby river within the present village of Rockton. Citizens who lived in Macktown would frequently travel across the river to Rockton but in 1851, the bridge from Macktown to Rockton washed away. The bridge had been built with funding from Stephen Mack and its destruction, along with Mack's death in 1850, led citizens to permanently move to Rockton. In northern Illinois, Macktown is the only community from the 1830s that is still standing without subsequent development.
As of the census of 2010, there were 7,685 people, 1,930 households, and 1,464 families residing in the village. The population density was 1,505.5 people per square mile (580.9/km²). There were 2,008 housing units at an average density of 570.8 per square mile (220.3/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 91.80% White, 1.40% African American, 0.1% Native American, 1.10% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.45% from other races, and 0.45% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.60% of the population.
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