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Ogle County Information
Established: January 16, 1836, organization completed in 1837
Named for Joseph Ogle, pioneer politician and Lieutenant of the Territorial militia.
OGLE COUNTY, next to the "northern
tier" of counties of the State and originally a part of Jo Daviess. It was separately organized in 1837, and
Lee County was carved from its territory in 1839. In 1900 its area was 780 square miles, and its population 29,129.
Before the Black Hawk War immigration was slow, and life primitive, Peoria was the nearest food market. New grain
was "ground" on a grater, and old pounded with an extemporized pestle in a wooden mortar. Rock River
flows across the county from northeast to southwest. A little oak timber grows along its banks, but, generally
speaking, the surface is undulating prairie, with soil of a rich loam. Sandstone is in ample supply and all the
limestones abound. An extensive peat-bed has been discovered on the Killbuck Creek. Oregon, the county-seat, has
fine water-power. The other principal towns are Rochelle, Polo, Forreston and Mount Morris. ["Historical Encylopedia of Illinois" 1901,
Transcribed by K. T.
OREGON, the county-seat of Ogle
County, situated on Rock River and the Minneapolis Branch of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, 100
miles west from Chicago. The surrounding region is agricultural; the town has water power and manufactures flour,
pianos, steel tanks, street sprinklers, and iron castings. It has two banks, water-works supplied by flowing artesian
wells, cereal mill, and two weekly newspapers; has also obtained some repute as a summer resort. Population in
1880 was 1,088; In 1890 - 1,566; in 1900 - 1,577. ["Historical
Encylopedia of Illinois" 1901, Transcribed
by K. T.]
FORRESTON, a village in Ogle County,
the terminus of the Chicago and Iowa branch of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, and point of intersection
of the Illinois Central and the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railways; 107 miles west by north from Chicago,
and 12 miles south of Freeport; founded in 1854, incorporated by special charter in 1868, and under the general
law in 1888. Farming and stock-raising are the principal industries. The village has a bank, water-works, electric
light plant, creamery, village hall, seven churches, a graded school, and a newspaper. Population in 1890 was 1,118;
in 1900, it was 1.047. ["Historical Encylopedia of Illinois"
1901, Transcribed by K. T.]
MOUNT MORRIS, a town in Ogle County, situated on the Chicago, & Iowa
Division of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, 108 miles west by north from Chicago, and 24 miles south
west of Rockford; is the seat of Mount Morris College and flourishing public school; has hand some stone and brick
buildings, three churches and two newspapers. Population (1900), 1,048. ["Historical
Encylopedia of Illinois" 1901]
Townships of Ogle County
Brookville * Buffalo * Byron
* Flagg
Monroe * Mount Morris * Nashua * Oregon * Pine Creek
Grand Detour * Lafayette * Leaf River * Lynnville * Marion
Scott * Taylor * White Rock
Dement - Formed
from Flagg on February 13, 1856.
Eagle Point -
Formed from Buffalo in September, 1869.
Forreston -
Formed from Brookville on March 4, 1857.
Lincoln - Formed
as Haldane from Buffalo and Mt. Morris in September, 1869; changed name from Haldane to
Lincoln in December, 1873.
Maryland - Name
changed from Harrison on November 12, 1850.
Pine Rock -
Name changed from Eagle on November 12, 1850.
Rockvale - Name
changed from Brooklyn on November 12, 1850.
Woosung
- Formed from Buffalo on September 15, 1880.
Cities and Towns
Cities
Byron ~ Oregon ~ Polo ~ Rochelle
Villages
Adeline ~ Creston ~ Davis Junction ~ Forreston ~ Hillcrest ~
Leaf River ~ Monroe Center ~ Mount Morris ~ Stillman Valley
Unincorporated Communities
Baileyville ~ Brookville ~ Buffalo Grove ~ Chana ~ Daysville ~ Egan ~ Flagg ~ Flagg Center ~
Hazelhurst (part) ~ Holcomb ~ Kings ~ Lindenwood ~ Paynes Point ~ Stratford ~ Woosung
Census-Designated Places
Grand Detour ~ Lost Nation
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