Illinois
Winnebago
Rockton Township

Rockton

Rockton is a village in , . It is located in the Rock River Valley and is part of the . The population was 7,863 at the time of the 2020 census.
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  • Type: Village with 5,420 residents
  • Description: village in Winnebago County, Illinois
  • Also known as: “Pecatonica”, “Rockton IL”, “Rockton, IL”, and “Rockton, Illinois”
  • Postal code: 61072

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rockton Historic District and Macktown Historic District.

Park
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The is a national historic district which encompasses much of the village of Rockton, . The district includes 208 buildings, most of which are residential.

Tourism office
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The is a national historic district encompassing the remains of the Macktown settlement in , . Established in the late 1830s at the confluence of the and Rock Rivers, Macktown was one of the first settlements in northern Illinois.

House
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The is a historic house located at 900 North Prairie Street in Rockton, . Local merchant and farmer H.D. Jameson built the house in 1855.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include South Beloit and Roscoe.

Village
is a city in , United States. It is a suburban extension of , located along the Illinois– border within the Rockford metropolitan area. The population was 7,989 at the 2020 census. is situated 3½ miles northeast of Rockton.

Village
is a village in , , along the . It is in a suburban area of the Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, the village population was 10,983. is situated 4 miles southeast of Rockton.

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is a city of 37,000 people in . Its downtown is anchored by a core of historic buildings and the Ironworks office and industrial campus.

Rockton

Latitude
42.45252° or 42° 27′ 9″ north
Longitude
-89.07233° or 89° 4′ 20″ west
Population
5,420
Elevation
738 feet (225 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US RKT
Open location code
86JGFW3H+23
Open­Street­Map ID
node 153347688
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
4907985
Wiki­data ID
Q2339403
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Rockton” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “راكتون”
  • Basque: “Rockton”
  • Catalan: “Rockton”
  • Cebuano: “Rockton”
  • Chinese: “Rockton”
  • Chinese: “羅克頓 (伊利諾伊州)”
  • Chinese: “羅克頓”
  • Dutch: “Rockton”
  • French: “Rockton”
  • German: “Rockton”
  • Gilaki: “راکتن (ايلينؤی)”
  • Gilaki: “راکتن”
  • Haitian: “Rockton, Ilinwa”
  • Haitian: “Rockton”
  • Italian: “Rockton”
  • Ladin: “Rockton”
  • Mazanderani: “راکتون (ایلینوی)”
  • Mazanderani: “راکتون”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Rockton”
  • Persian: “راکتون، ایلینوی”
  • Persian: “راکتون”
  • Polish: “Rockton”
  • Portuguese: “Rockton”
  • Russian: “Роктон (Иллинойс)”
  • Russian: “Роктон”
  • Serbian: “Роктон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Rockton, Illinois”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Rockton”
  • South Azerbaijani: “راکتون، ایلینوی”
  • Spanish: “Rockton”
  • Swedish: “Rockton, Illinois”
  • Swedish: “Rockton”
  • Ukrainian: “Роктон”
  • Vietnamese: “Rockton, Illinois”
  • Vietnamese: “Rockton”
  • Volapük: “Rockton”
  • Welsh: “Rockton, Illinois”
  • Welsh: “Rockton”

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