Freeport, Illinois Freeport Freeport Il Soldiers' Monument10.JPG The Civil War era Soldiers' Monument and the Stephenson County Courthouse in Freeport Township Freeport Location of Freeport inside Illinois Wikimedia Commons: Freeport, Illinois Freeport is the governmental center of county and biggest city of Stephenson County, Illinois. The populace was 25,638 at the 2010 census, and the mayor of Freeport is James Gitz, propel in 2013.
Freeport is known for hosting the second Lincoln-Douglas debate of 1858, and as "Pretzel City, USA", titled after the tradition of its Germanic pioneer in the 1850s and the Billerbeck Bakery pretzel business that started as a result of their arrival.
Freeport High School's mascot is the Pretzel to honor this unique heritage.
The name "Winneshiek" was later adopted, and is preserved to this day, by the Freeport Community Theatre Group.
In 1837, Stephenson County was formed and Freeport became its seat of government in 1838.
Within two years, Freeport had two newspapers and in 1853, the two were joined by a third which presented in German.
Douglas took place in Freeport and gave the country direction in the following years.
Senate seat, his reply to a question on standardized alienated the South, which called it the "Freeport Heresy", and split the Democratic Party. This enabled Abraham Lincoln to win the Presidency in 1860.
Another famous statue, Lincoln the Debator by Leonard Crunelle, is a focal point in the city's Taylor Park.
Freeport is known as the "Pretzel City", and its enhance high school's team is titled the Pretzels.
The nickname is a reminder of Freeport's ethnic heritage; in the late 1850s, many Germans, both from Pennsylvania and from their European homeland, resettled in Stephenson County bringing with them their love of pretzel snacks. In 1869, a German immigrant titled John Billerbeck established the Billerbeck Bakery, which distributed so many pretzels to inhabitants that the small-town journal later dubbed Freeport the "Pretzel City".
The town/city later capitalized on this nickname in 2003 by starting Freeport's first Pretzel Festival. Freeport is home to the earliest Carnegie Library in Illinois and one of the first Carnegie Libraries designed by the famous Chicago architectural firm of Patton and Miller.
It is being renovated into Freeport's City Hall. Before February 1893, a large square of territory was purchased from the former Keller-Wittbecker farm in East Freeport.
After the 1892 fire, the Arcade Manufacturing Company assembled an entirely new factory in the Arcade Addition of East Freeport, where they produced coffee mills and other metal products.
Local Freeport media includes WFRL (1570 AM), WFPS Radio (92.1 FM) and The Journal Standard daily newspaper.
WIFR, the Rockford market's CBS affiliate, is licensed to Freeport, though its studios are west of Rockford.
Buildings in downtown Freeport, Illinois Freeport is positioned approximately 20 miles (32 km) south of the Wisconsin state line, and at the center of a large agricultural area, positioned about 25 miles (40 km) west of Rockford.
According to the 2010 census, Freeport has a total region of 11.79 square miles (30.54 km2), of which 11.78 square miles (30.51 km2) (or 99.92%) is territory and 0.01 square miles (0.03 km2) (or 0.08%) is water. At Rockford, it links with Interstates 90 and 39, giving Freeport inhabitants access to the entire Interstate system.
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The region code for Freeport is 815 with an overlay region code of 779 as of March 17, 2007.
Climate data for Freeport, Illinois In the city, the populace was spread out with 24.5% under the age of 18, 8.5% from 18 to 24, 27.8% from 25 to 44, 21.2% from 45 to 64, and 18.1% who were 65 years of age or older.
The Freeport Public Library on the cusp of downtown Freeport Freeport Art Museum Freeport High School Freeport Middle School Krape Park was awarded "Outstanding Multi-use Facility" award by the Illinois Parks and Recreation Association. Heavily wooded Krape Park features a picturesque waterfall that tumbles down from a high limestone bluff.
Bidwell Park a 2-acre (8,100 m2) park presented by the heirs of Orlando B.
Knowlton Park, a 1-acre (4,000 m2) park presented by the descendants of Dexter A.
Knowlton to mark the 100th anniversary of his arrival to Freeport, features a bronze tablet and tall black maple trees to shade benches and play equipment.
Read Park features the Read Park Family Aquatic Center and a skate park.
One of the larger parks in Freeport, it also features a large pavilion, basketball courts, children's playground, shuffleboard courts, tennis courts, and softball fields.
Taylor Park, a 74-acre (0.30 km2) park acquired in 1911, features three lighted softball fields, concession stand, basketball courts, picnic shelter and Abraham Lincoln statue.
Wilbur Park, a 1-acre (4,000 m2) park donated by small-town industrialist W.
Rawleigh and titled after his son (who died amid World War I), was deeded over to Freeport Park District on July 13, 1948.
Alice Bradford Wiles, Chicago clubwoman, lived in Freeport Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908).
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