Rockford

Rockford, capital of Winnebago county, Illinois, is on both sides of the Rock River, 86 miles by rail WNW. of Chicago. It is a well-built town, with shady streets, and contains foundries, flour, paper, cotton, and woollen mills, and numerous manufactures of agricultural implements, carriages, pumps, churns, furniture, cutlery, and plated ware, boots and shoes, watches, soap, &c. Pop. (1880) 13,129; (1890) 23,584.