Rockford
a city and county-seat of Winnebago co., Ill.; on the Rock river, and on the Illinois Central, the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul, the Burlington Route, the Chicago, Milwaukee and Gary, and the Chicago and Northwestern railroads; 85 miles W. of Chicago. Here are a United States Government building, Rockford College, high school, business es college, waterworks, electric lights, hospitals, sanitariums, public library, several National banks, and a number of daily and weekly periodicals. The city has extensive manufacturing interests, including large reaper factories, paper mills, flour mills, cotton and furniture factories, woolen mills, a large watch factory, and over 200 smaller factories. Pop. (1910) 45,401; (1920) 65,651.