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| | Whiteside Co IL Township Histories (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) |
 | | Prophetstown township originally formed a part of Crow Creek Precinct, and in March, 1837, when Whiteside county was attached to Ogle county, was by the County Commissioners of that county included, together with all the territory in the county south of Rock river, in a precinct called Prophetstown. |
 | | The population of the township of Prophetstown in 1870, outside of the Village, as shown by the Federal census of that year, was 998, of which 890 were of native birth, and 108 of foreign birth. |
 | | The estimated population of the township in 1877, excluding the village, is 1,100.\ |
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