Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Illinois
- County
- Whiteside
- Founded by
- A.P. Smith
- Type
- Mayor-council
- Mayor
- Rodney Kleckler
- Total
- 4.12 sq mi (10.68 km )
- Land
- 3.98 sq mi (10.32 km )
- Water
- 0.14 sq mi (0.36 km )
- Elevation
- 646 ft (197 m)
- Density
- 2,206.7/sq mi (852.02/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Fips code
- 17-64928
- Website
- rockfalls61071 .net
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Rock Falls
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Whiteside County
- Population
- 8789
- Area
- 9.814872
- Elevation
- 197
- Official website
- www.rockfalls61071.com
- Image
- SterlingIllinois.jpg
- Households
- 3981
- Dialing code
- 815
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- postal code
- 61071
- P8168
- Hundred Days
- water as percent of area
- 3.5494
- per capita income
- 26743
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Encyclopedic overview
Rock Falls is a city in Whiteside County, Illinois, United States. The recorded population was 8,606 at the 2020 census, down 7.12% from 9,266 in 2010. The city is located on the Rock River, directly opposite its twin city of Sterling.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rock Falls” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.