Illinois
Winnebago
Rockford Township

Rockford

Rockford is a city in the in . With a population of over 145,000, it is the third largest city in the state.
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  • Type: City with 149,000 residents
  • Description: county seat of Winnebago County, Illinois, United States
  • Also known as: “Rockford, IL”, “Rockford, Illinois”, and “The Forest City”
  • Postal codes: 61101-61110, 61112, 61114, 61125, and 61126

Places of Interest

Highlights include BMO Center and Burpee Museum of Natural History.

Stadium
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The is a multi-purpose arena located in downtown Rockford, Illinois, United States. It is currently home to the AHL's Rockford IceHogs hockey team.

Museum
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The is located along the Rock River in downtown Rockford, Illinois, United States, at 737 North Main Street.

Hospital
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SwedishAmerican Hospital is a 357-bed non profit, teaching hospital located in Rockford, . The hospital is a division of . The hospital was founded in 1911, opening its doors in 1918 following a period of fund raising.

Rockford

Latitude
42.2714° or 42° 16′ 17″ north
Longitude
-89.094° or 89° 5′ 38″ west
Population
149,000
Elevation
715 feet (218 metres)
IATA airport codes
RMC, RFD, and ZRK
United Nations Location Code
US RFD
Open location code
86JG7WC4+HC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 153748224
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
4907959
Wiki­data ID
Q233892
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Rockford” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “روكفورد,الينوي”
  • Arabic: “روكفورد”
  • Armenian: “Ռոքֆորդ”
  • Basque: “Rockford”
  • Belarusian: “Рокфард (Ілінойс)”
  • Belarusian: “Рокфард”
  • Bengali: “রকফোর্ড, ইলিনয়”
  • Bengali: “রকফোর্ড”
  • Breton: “Rockford”
  • Bulgarian: “Рокфорд”
  • Catalan: “Rockford”
  • Cebuano: “Rockford (kapital sa kondado sa Estados Unidos, Illinois)”
  • Cebuano: “Rockford”
  • Central Kurdish: “ڕۆکفۆرد”
  • Chechen: “Рокфорд”
  • Chinese: “Rockford”
  • Chinese: “罗克福德”
  • Chinese: “羅克福德”
  • Cornish: “Rockford, Illinois”
  • Cornish: “Rockford”
  • Croatian: “Rockford”
  • Czech: “Rockford”
  • Dagbani: “Rockford”
  • Danish: “Rockford”
  • Dutch: “Rockford”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “روكفورد”
  • Esperanto: “Rockford”
  • Finnish: “Rockford”
  • French: “Rockford”
  • Georgian: “როკფორდი”
  • German: “Rockford”
  • Gilaki: “راکفؤرد”
  • Greek: “Ρόκφορντ”
  • Gujarati: “રોકફોર્ડ”
  • Haitian: “Rockford, Ilinwa”
  • Haitian: “Rockford”
  • Hebrew: “רוקפורד”
  • Hindi: “रॉकफोर्ड”
  • Hungarian: “Rockford”
  • Ido: “Rockford, Illinois”
  • Ido: “Rockford”
  • Indonesian: “Rockford, Illinois”
  • Irish: “Rockford, Illinois”
  • Irish: “Rockford”
  • Italian: “Rockford”
  • Japanese: “ロックフォード”
  • Kannada: “ರಾಕ್ಫೋರ್ಡ್”
  • Kazakh: “Рокфорд”
  • Korean: “락포드”
  • Korean: “록퍼드”
  • Ladin: “Rockford”
  • Latvian: “Rokforda”
  • Lithuanian: “Rokfordas”
  • Malagasy: “Rockford, Illinois”
  • Malagasy: “Rockford”
  • Malay: “Rockford”
  • Marathi: “रॉकफोर्ड”
  • Mazanderani: “راک‌فورد”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Rockford”
  • Navajo: “Tsé Biiʼ Tóńlį́”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rockford”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rockford”
  • Norwegian: “Rockford”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Hroccford”
  • Persian: “راک‌فورد، ایلینوی”
  • Persian: “راک‌فورد”
  • Piemontese: “Rockford”
  • Polish: “Rockford”
  • Portuguese: “Rockford”
  • Romanian: “Rockford, Illinois”
  • Romanian: “Rockford”
  • Russian: “Рокфорд”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Rockford, Illinois”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Rockford”
  • Serbian: “Рокфорд, Илиноис”
  • Serbian: “Рокфорд”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Rockford, Illinois”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Rockford”
  • Sicilian: “Rockford”
  • Silesian: “Rockford”
  • Sinhala: “රොක්ෆෝර්ඩ්”
  • Slovak: “Rockford”
  • Slovenian: “Rockford”
  • South Azerbaijani: “راک‌فورد، ایلینوی”
  • Spanish: “Rockford (Illinois)”
  • Spanish: “Rockford”
  • Swahili: “Rockford, Illinois”
  • Swahili: “Rockford”
  • Swedish: “Rockford, Illinois”
  • Swedish: “Rockford”
  • Tagalog: “Rockford, Illinois”
  • Tagalog: “Rockford”
  • Tamil: “ராக்போர்ட்”
  • Tatar: “Рокфорд (Иллинойс)”
  • Tatar: “Рокфорд”
  • Telugu: “రాక్ ఫోర్డ్”
  • Thai: “ร็อกฟอร์ด”
  • Turkish: “Rockford, Illinois”
  • Turkish: “Rockford”
  • Ukrainian: “Рокфорд (Іллінойс)”
  • Ukrainian: “Рокфорд”
  • Urdu: “راک فورڈ، الینوائے”
  • Urdu: “راک فورڈ”
  • Venetian: “Rockford”
  • Vietnamese: “Rockford, Illinois”
  • Vietnamese: “Rockford”
  • Volapük: “Rockford”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Rockford, Illinois”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Rockford”
  • Welsh: “Rockford, Illinois”
  • Welsh: “Rockford”
  • Western Panjabi: “روکفورڈ”
  • Wu Chinese: “罗克福德”

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