Rock Falls
Rock Falls is a city in Whiteside County, Illinois, United States. The recorded population was 8,606 at the 2020 census, down 7.12% from 9,266 in 2010. The city is located on the Rock River, directly opposite its twin city of Sterling.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 8,610 residents
- Description: city in Illinois
- Also known as: “Rock Falls, IL”, “Rock Falls, Illinois”, and “Rockfalls”
- Postal code: 61071
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sterling Theater and First Congregational Church of Sterling.
First Congregational Church of Sterling
Church
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The First Congregational Church of Sterling is a historic church in Sterling, Illinois, United States. The church was built in 1897 and 1898 and is an example of Richardsonian Romanesque architecture.
Paul W. Dillon Home
Museum
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The Paul W. Dillon Home, often referred to as the Dillon Home, is located in Sterling, Illinois. It was home to businessman P.W. Dillon, who was the president of Northwestern Steel & Wire Company for many of its most successful years.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sterling and Sterling-Rock Falls.
Sterling
Town
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Sterling is a city in Whiteside County, Illinois, United States, along the Rock River. The population was 14,782 at the 2020 census, down from 15,370 in 2010.
Sterling-Rock Falls
Sterling and Rock Falls are adjacent towns in Northern Illinois.Nelson
Village
Nelson is a village in Lee County, Illinois, United States. The population was 170 at the 2010 census, up from 163 in 2000. Nelson is situated 5 miles east of Rock Falls.
Rock Falls
- Categories: city in the United States and locality
- Location: Coloma Township, Whiteside, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.78163° or 41° 46′ 54″ northLongitude
-89.6926° or 89° 41′ 33″ westPopulation
8,610Elevation
646 feet (197 metres)United Nations Location Code
US RFIOpen location code
86HGQ8J4+JXOpenStreetMap ID
node 153713453OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Rock Falls” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “روك فولز”
- Basque: “Rock Falls”
- Catalan: “Rock Falls”
- Cebuano: “Rock Falls”
- Chechen: “Рок-Фоллс”
- Chinese: “Rock Falls”
- Chinese: “羅克福爾斯”
- Croatian: “Rock Falls”
- Czech: “Rock Falls”
- Danish: “Rock Falls”
- Dutch: “Rock Falls”
- French: “Rock Falls”
- German: “Rock Falls”
- Gilaki: “راک فالز (ايلينؤی)”
- Gilaki: “راک فالز”
- Haitian: “Rock Falls, Ilinwa”
- Haitian: “Rock Falls”
- Hebrew: “רוק פולס”
- Ido: “Rock Falls, Illinois”
- Ido: “Rock Falls”
- Irish: “Rock Falls”
- Italian: “Rock Falls”
- Japanese: “ロック・フォールズ”
- Japanese: “ロックフォールズ”
- Korean: “록 폴스”
- Korean: “록폴스”
- Ladin: “Rock Falls”
- Mazanderani: “راکفالز (ایلینوی)”
- Mazanderani: “راکفالز”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Rock Falls”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Rock Falls”
- Persian: “راکفالز، ایلینوی”
- Persian: “راکفالز”
- Polish: “Rock Falls”
- Portuguese: “Rock Falls”
- Serbian: “Рок Фолс”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Rock Falls, Illinois”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Rock Falls”
- South Azerbaijani: “راکفالز، ایلینوی”
- Spanish: “Rock Falls”
- Swedish: “Rock Falls, Illinois”
- Swedish: “Rock Falls”
- Tatar: “Рок-Фоллс”
- Turkish: “Rock Falls, Illinois”
- Turkish: “Rock Falls”
- Ukrainian: “Рок-Фоллс”
- Urdu: “راک فالز، الینوائے”
- Urdu: “راک فالز”
- Uzbek: “Rock Falls”
- Uzbek: “Роcк Фаллс”
- Vietnamese: “Rock Falls, Illinois”
- Vietnamese: “Rock Falls”
- Volapük: “Rock Falls”
- Waray (Philippines): “Rock Falls, Illinois”
- Waray (Philippines): “Rock Falls”
- Welsh: “Rock Falls, Illinois”
- Welsh: “Rock Falls”
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