| 词条 | West Point Township, Stephenson County, Illinois |
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|unit_pref = Imperial |settlement_type = Township |official_name = West Point Township |nickname = |motto = |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_flag = |image_seal = |image_map = Map highlighting West Point Township, Stephenson County, Illinois.svg |mapsize = |map_caption = Location in Stephenson County |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = United States |subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name1 = Illinois |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = Stephenson |leader_title = Supervisor |leader_name = John Murrell |established_title = |established_date = |area_magnitude = |area_total_sq_mi = 35.76 |area_land_sq_mi = 35.7 |area_water_sq_mi = 0.07 |area_water_percent = 0.20 |area_urban_sq_mi = |area_metro_sq_mi = |population_as_of = 2010 |population_note = |population_total = |population_density_sq_mi = 94.4 |population_metro = |population_density_metro_km2 = |population_density_metro_sq_mi = |population_urban = |timezone = CST |utc_offset = -6 |timezone_DST = CDT |utc_offset_DST = -5 |coordinates = {{coord|42|25|02|N|89|52|10|W|display=inline,title}} |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = 1086 |website = |footnotes = |pop_est_as_of = 2016 |pop_est_footnotes = [1] |population_est = 3236 |blank_name = FIPS code |blank_info = 17-177-80788 }} West Point Township is located in Stephenson County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,369 and it contained 1,483 housing units.[2] The village of Lena, the unincorporated community of Waddams Grove, and two former communities of Louisa and West Point were all located in this township. GeographyWest Point is Township 28 North, Range 5 (part) and 6 (part) East of the Fourth Principal Meridian. According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of {{convert|35.76|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|35.7|sqmi}} (or 99.83%) is land and {{convert|0.07|sqmi}} (or 0.20%) is water.[2] Stagecoach innsThe Buckhorn Inn, a log building, was built in 1838 in Alida, now Lena, along the Old State Road number 2, now called the Stagecoach Trail. It was a stop for the Frink, Walker & Company stage line that operated from Chicago to Galena 1839–1854. The building was demolished and replaced by Dodd's Inn in 1848.[3] Dodd's Inn was built by Samuel Dodds on the Buckhorn Inn site in 1848 as a stage inn for Frink, Walker & Company. From 1854 to 1857 the stone building was used as a post office. It is now a residence on Lena Street in Lena.[4] The Thomas S. French home and stagecoach stop (Section 19) was built after 1837 along the Old State Road number 2, now called the Stagecoach Trail. The stone house was a stop for the Frink, Walker & Company stage line. The stone stage barn across the road from the house was later demolished. The house is southeast of Waddams Grove and northwest of Five Corners intersection.[5] Demographics{{US Census population|estyear=2016 |estimate=3236 |estref=[6] |footnote=U.S. Decennial Census[7] }} References1. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.2016.html|title=Population and Housing Unit Estimates|accessdate=June 9, 2017}} 2. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US17177 |title=Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1 |publisher=United States Census |accessdate=2013-05-28}} 3. ^History of Stephenson County 1970. Freeport, Illinois: County of Stephenson, 1972. p. 221. 4. ^History of Stephenson County 1970 (1972) p. 222. 5. ^History of Stephenson County 1970 (1972) p. 214. 6. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.2016.html|title=Population and Housing Unit Estimates|accessdate=June 9, 2017}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}} External links
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