Editing Stockton, Illinois

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'''Stockton''' is a village in [[Jo Daviess County, Illinois|Jo Daviess County]], [[Illinois]], [[United States]]. The population was 1,728 at the 2020 census.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US1772780 |access-date=2022-06-28 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

==History==
The village of Stockton is the youngest village in Jo Daviess County.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.villageofstockton.com/community/stockton-history.html|title=Stockton History {{!}} Village of Stockton|website=www.villageofstockton.com|access-date=January 24, 2019}}</ref> It was established after the Minnesota Northwestern Railroad decided to build a station in Section 2 of [[Stockton Township, Jo Daviess County, Illinois|Stockton Township]] in 1886, which through mergers later became named the [[Chicago Great Western Railway]]. The railroad tracks were removed in the early 1970s.<ref name=cgwhist>Huddleston, Jerry. "[http://www.trainweb.org/cgw/history-bin/cgw_winston%20tunnel.html CGW's Winston Tunnel]", accessed April 7, 2009.</ref>

What is now Front Street in Stockton was then a dirt road which served as the main thoroughfare to [[Lena, Illinois|Lena]]. In April 1887, one Charles Hermann became Stockton's first business owner.<ref name=nrhp>Donth, Cynthia. "[http://gis.hpa.state.il.us/hargis/PDFs/201056.pdf W.E. White Building]{{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}", ([[PDF]]), National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, June 27, 1997, ''[[Illinois Historic Preservation Agency]]'', accessed May 4, 2008.</ref>

In 1914, the [[Kraft Foods Inc.#Beginning|Kraft Brothers]] opened a cheese factory in Stockton, and operated it until Kraft sold the facility in 1998.<ref name=kraft1>StocktonIL.com "[http://www.stocktonil.com/History.html Stockton History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090418024050/http://stocktonil.com/History.html |date=2009-04-18 }}", accessed April 7, 2009.</ref><ref name=kraft2>KraftFoodsCompany.com "[http://www.kraftfoodscompany.com/About/history/ History of Kraft Foods] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090416052619/http://www.kraftfoodscompany.com/About/history |date=2009-04-16 }}", accessed April 7, 2009.</ref> This was the birthplace of the Kraft Corporation and the first cheese plant opened by J.L. Kraft.<ref>Galena, Jo Daviess County Visitors Guide, 2012</ref>

==Geography==
Stockton is located at {{Coord|42|21|1|N|90|0|22|W|type:city}} (42.350357, -90.006127).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Stockton has a total area of {{convert|1.88|sqmi|km2|2}}, all land.<ref name="gaz2021">{{Cite web |author=US Census Bureau |title=Gazetteer Files |url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html |access-date=2022-06-29 |website=Census.gov}}</ref>

===Climate===
{{Weather box 
| location = Stockton, Illinois (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1943–present)
| single line = Y
| width = auto
| Jan record high F = 61
| Feb record high F = 69
| Mar record high F = 84
| Apr record high F = 91
| May record high F = 96
| Jun record high F = 99
| Jul record high F = 99
| Aug record high F = 99
| Sep record high F = 98
| Oct record high F = 89
| Nov record high F = 77
| Dec record high F = 69
| year record high F = 99

|Jan avg record high F = 46.6
|Feb avg record high F = 50.9
|Mar avg record high F = 68.6
|Apr avg record high F = 80.1
|May avg record high F = 86.8
|Jun avg record high F = 90.8
|Jul avg record high F = 90.4
|Aug avg record high F = 89.5
|Sep avg record high F = 87.9
|Oct avg record high F = 81.2
|Nov avg record high F = 65.2
|Dec avg record high F = 50.8
|year avg record high F = 92.9

| Jan high F = 27.8
| Feb high F = 32.1
| Mar high F = 45.1
| Apr high F = 58.9
| May high F = 70.8
| Jun high F = 79.3
| Jul high F = 81.7
| Aug high F = 80.0
| Sep high F = 74.2
| Oct high F = 61.5
| Nov high F = 45.8
| Dec high F = 33.0
| year high F = 57.5
| Jan mean F = 20.0
| Feb mean F = 24.0
| Mar mean F = 35.9
| Apr mean F = 48.0
| May mean F = 59.9
| Jun mean F = 69.0
| Jul mean F = 71.5
| Aug mean F = 69.6
| Sep mean F = 62.7
| Oct mean F = 50.8
| Nov mean F = 37.4
| Dec mean F = 25.5
| year mean F = 47.9
| Jan low F = 12.1
| Feb low F = 15.8
| Mar low F = 26.8
| Apr low F = 37.0
| May low F = 48.9
| Jun low F = 58.7
| Jul low F = 61.3
| Aug low F = 59.1
| Sep low F = 51.2
| Oct low F = 40.2
| Nov low F = 28.9
| Dec low F = 18.1
| year low F = 38.2

|Jan avg record low F = -11.7
|Feb avg record low F = -5.9
|Mar avg record low F = 5.8
|Apr avg record low F = 22.4
|May avg record low F = 34.1
|Jun avg record low F = 44.9
|Jul avg record low F = 49.9
|Aug avg record low F = 48.1
|Sep avg record low F = 35.7
|Oct avg record low F = 24.9
|Nov avg record low F = 11.2
|Dec avg record low F = -3.9
|year avg record low F = -16.0

| Jan record low F = −32
| Feb record low F = −30
| Mar record low F = -18
| Apr record low F = 7
| May record low F = 24
| Jun record low F = 37
| Jul record low F = 40
| Aug record low F = 39
| Sep record low F = 26
| Oct record low F = 13
| Nov record low F = -10
| Dec record low F = −24
| year record low F = -32
| precipitation colour = green
| Jan precipitation inch = 1.17
| Feb precipitation inch = 1.52
| Mar precipitation inch = 2.20
| Apr precipitation inch = 3.93
| May precipitation inch = 4.13
| Jun precipitation inch = 5.72
| Jul precipitation inch = 4.50
| Aug precipitation inch = 4.16
| Sep precipitation inch = 4.22
| Oct precipitation inch = 3.10
| Nov precipitation inch = 2.32
| Dec precipitation inch = 1.69
| year precipitation inch = 38.66
| Jan snow inch = 10.7
| Feb snow inch = 8.1
| Mar snow inch = 4.9
| Apr snow inch = 1.3
| May snow inch = 0.1
| Jun snow inch = 0.0
| Jul snow inch = 0.0
| Aug snow inch = 0.0
| Sep snow inch = 0.0
| Oct snow inch = 0.5
| Nov snow inch = 2.1
| Dec snow inch = 8.0
| year snow inch = 35.7
| unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
| Jan precipitation days = 8.7
| Feb precipitation days = 8.2
| Mar precipitation days = 9.7
| Apr precipitation days = 11.7
| May precipitation days = 12.7
| Jun precipitation days = 11.8
| Jul precipitation days = 9.3
| Aug precipitation days = 9.7
| Sep precipitation days = 9.1
| Oct precipitation days = 9.4
| Nov precipitation days = 8.5
| Dec precipitation days = 9.6
| year precipitation days = 118.4
| unit snow days = 0.1 in
| Jan snow days = 6.6
| Feb snow days = 5.6
| Mar snow days = 3.2
| Apr snow days = 0.9
| May snow days = 0.0
| Jun snow days = 0.0
| Jul snow days = 0.0
| Aug snow days = 0.0
| Sep snow days = 0.0
| Oct snow days = 0.3
| Nov snow days = 1.6
| Dec snow days = 5.8
| year snow days = 24.0
| source 1 = [[NOAA]]<ref name= nws>
{{cite web
| url = https://w2.weather.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=dvn
| title = NowData – NOAA Online Weather Data
| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
| access-date = July 11, 2021}}</ref><ref name=NCEI>
{{cite web
| url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&startDate=0001-01-01&endDate=9996-12-31&stations=USC00118293&format=pdf
| title = Station: Stockton 3 NNE, IL
| work = U.S. Climate Normals 2020: U.S. Monthly Climate Normals (1991–2020)
| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
| access-date = July 11, 2021}}</ref>
}}

===Major highways===
* [[Image:US 20.svg|25px]] [[U.S. Route 20]], east towards [[Freeport, Illinois|Freeport]] and west towards [[Galena, Illinois|Galena]]
* [[Image:Illinois 78.svg|25px]] [[Illinois Route 78]], north towards [[Warren, Illinois|Warren]] and the [[Wisconsin]] state line and south towards [[Mount Carroll, Illinois|Mount Carroll]]

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1890= 379
|1900= 946
|1910= 1096
|1920= 1449
|1930= 1505
|1940= 1440
|1950= 1445
|1960= 1800
|1970= 1930
|1980= 1872
|1990= 1871
|2000= 1926
|2010= 1862
|2020= 1728
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]]<ref name=":0" /> there were 1,728 people, 774 households, and 481 families residing in the village. The population density was {{Convert|920.62|PD/sqmi|PD/km2}}. There were 873 housing units at an average density of {{Convert|465.10|/sqmi|/km2}}. The racial makeup of the village was 93.75% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.81% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.06% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.52% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.00% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.46% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 4.40% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 3.36% of the population.

There were 774 households, out of which 33.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 35.92% were married couples living together, 20.28% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.86% were non-families. 32.69% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.28% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 2.05.

The village's age distribution consisted of 23.2% under the age of 18, 4.2% from 18 to 24, 23.7% from 25 to 44, 23.4% from 45 to 64, and 25.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44.3 years. For every 100 females, there were 87.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 73.8 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $43,295, and the median income for a family was $55,060. Males had a median income of $31,643 versus $20,441 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the village was $26,501. About 23.5% of families and 18.1% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 28.1% of those under age 18 and 2.8% of those age 65 or over.

==Geology==
Stockton is not part of the [[Driftless Area]], but is the first municipality found outside of it, coming from western [[Jo Daviess County]]. One climbs out of the valley of the [[Upper Mississippi River]] and finds a high point in Stockton.

The village water tower sits on a ridge at elevation {{convert|1,105|ft|m|abbr=on}}<ref name="watertower" /> that rises to {{convert|1,120|ft|m|abbr=on}} to the west at the village limits. To the northwest the same ridge line continues where U.S. Route 20 crests at {{convert|1,077|ft|m|abbr=on}} just to the west. This ridge line continues for 3 miles to the northwest to Benton Mound ({{convert|1,204|ft|m|abbr=on|disp=semicolon}} ), the second highest peak in Illinois.<ref name="BentonMound">{{cite web |url=https://peakvisor.com/peak/benton-mound.html |title=Benton Mound, PeakAdvisor.com |website=Peak Advisor |access-date=June 25, 2022}}</ref>

== Notable people ==
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* [[Leo Binz]], archbishop of Dubuque and St. Paul and Minneapolis; born in Stockton<ref>[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bbinx.html Leo Binz]</ref>
* [[Charles E. Byrum]], member of the [[South Dakota House of Representatives]]; born in Stockton<ref>{{Cite news |date=1975-03-04 |title=Obituary for Charles Ernest Byrum (1868-1975) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/rapid-city-journal-obituary-for-charles/102078201/ |access-date=2025-03-21 |work=Rapid City Journal |pages=5}}</ref>
* [[Dennis Gage]], host of the television show ''My Classic Car''; grew up in Stockton
* [[Ron Lawfer]], farmer and Illinois legislator; born in Stockton<ref>'Illinois Blue Book 1997-1998,' Biographical Sketch of I. Ronald Lawfer, pg. 107</ref>

==Historical landmarks==
*[[Townsend Home]]
*[[W.E. White Building]]
*Great Western Hotel

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.jodaviess.org/ Jo Daviess County]
*[https://www.villageofstockton.com/ Official website]

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[[Category:Villages in Jo Daviess County, Illinois]]
[[Category:Driftless Area]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1886]]
[[Category:Villages in Illinois]]