Shirland, Illinois
Encyclopedia
Shirland is an unincorporated community in Shirland Township
, in Winnebago County
, Illinois
, and is located northwest of Rockford
. It is part of the Rockford, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area
.
. It is near the confluence of the Pecatonica River
and the Sugar River
.
It has a town hall, Methodist church, and a grade school
. The grade school is one of the four filter schools for Hononegah High.
was established August 15, 1857.
Shirland Township, Winnebago County, Illinois
Shirland Township is located in Winnebago County, Illinois. It includes the unincorporated community of Shirland.The population was 1,108 at the 2000 census.- External links :***...
, in Winnebago County
Winnebago County, Illinois
Winnebago County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 295,266, which is an increase of 6.1% from 278,418 in 2000...
, Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
, and is located northwest of Rockford
Rockford, Illinois
Rockford is a mid-sized city located on both banks of the Rock River in far northern Illinois. Often referred to as "The Forest City", Rockford is the county seat of Winnebago County, Illinois, USA. As reported in the 2010 U.S. census, the city was home to 152,871 people, the third most populated...
. It is part of the Rockford, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area
Rockford metropolitan area
The Rockford Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of two counties in north-central Illinois, anchored by the city of Rockford. As of the 2000 census, the MSA had a population of 320,204...
.
Geography
Shirland is a small town 1.5 miles from Harrison, and 8.5 miles from Rockton, IllinoisRockton, Illinois
Rockton is a village in Winnebago County, Illinois, United States located on the banks of the Rock River. It is part of the Rockford, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area...
. It is near the confluence of the Pecatonica River
Pecatonica River
The Pecatonica River is a tributary of the Rock River, long, in southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois in the United States.The word Pecatonica is an anglicization of two Algonquian language words: Bekaa , which means "slow", and niba, which means "water", forming the conjunction Bekaaniba or...
and the Sugar River
Sugar River (Wisconsin)
The Sugar River is a tributary of the Pecatonica River, approximately long, in the U.S. states of Wisconsin and Illinois.It rises in the hills of southwest Wisconsin, in southwest Dane County, approximately southwest of Madison. The headwaters are at the southern terminus of the last North...
.
It has a town hall, Methodist church, and a grade school
Education in the United States
Education in the United States is mainly provided by the public sector, with control and funding coming from three levels: federal, state, and local. Child education is compulsory.Public education is universally available...
. The grade school is one of the four filter schools for Hononegah High.
History
An earlier name for the area was Kepotah. The name was changed when the Shirland post officePost office
A post office is a facility forming part of a postal system for the posting, receipt, sorting, handling, transmission or delivery of mail.Post offices offer mail-related services such as post office boxes, postage and packaging supplies...
was established August 15, 1857.