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6277 E. Riverside Blvd.
Rockford, IL 61114

Located South of Winnebago and Boone Counties, North of Lee County, West of DeKalb County and East of Carroll County some of the major east-west roads include 72, 64, 38 and 88 (east-west tollway) and north-south roads include 39, 251, 2, and 26.

Baileyville 61007
Byron 61010
Chana 61015
Creston 60113
Davis Junction 61020
Forreston 61030
Holcomb 61043
Kings 61068
Leaf River 61047
Lindenwood 61049
Mount Morris 61054
Oregon 61061
Polo 64064
Rochelle 61068
Stillman Valley 61084
Woosung 61091

Some of the other Ogle County communities and subdivisions include:
Adeline
Brookville
Cross Creek Subdivision
Daysville
Fair Oaks Subdivison
Flagg Center
Forest Park Subdivision
Granad Detour
Haldane
Hazelhurst
Hillcrest (Rochelle)
Homestead Subdivision
Honeycreek
Lookville
Lost Lake Lost Nation
Maryland
Meekeels Subdivision
Monroe Center
Rock River Terrace
Silver Ridge
 

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Please feel free to contact me with your questions about buying or selling real estate in Ogle, Winnebago or Boone counties.

The area of Ogle County was once a part of the Northwest Territory. In 1809 the Territory of Illinois was formed and included Wisconsin and Peninsular Michigan. In 1818 Illinois, in its present boundaries, became the 21st State to join the Union. Ogle County was formed in 1836 from a part of Jo Daviess County.

The name, Ogle, was suggested by Thos. Ford in memory of Capt. Joseph Ogle who distinguished himself for his courage and coolness in the early days of the State’s history.

The first session of the Ogle County Commissioner’ Court was held at Oregon on January 3, 1837, and Oregon was chosen to be the County Seat.

Because there was so much dissension, efforts were made to divide the County and on February 27, 1839, the Legislature approved an act creating Lee County out of the southern half of Ogle county, with Dixon as its County Seat.

In December 1839, the County Board ordered the town of Oregon to be called Florence; in 1843, however, it was renamed Oregon.

Names of other towns were once different than those used today. Rochelle was once called Lane; Byron, Bloomingville; Polo, Buffalo Grove and St. Mary’s.

Plans for a courthouse were adopted on December 4, 1838, and in 1841 the building was completed - only to be burned before it could be occupied. The present 36,000 square foot courthouse was completed for occupancy in 1891 at a total cost of $106,951.46 for building and equipment. In 1984 a renovation of the interior of the Courthouse was completed at a cost of $1,500,000.00. On August 20th, 2005, exactly 114 years after the original courthouse was dedicated, a long-planned new 88,000 square foot Ogle County Judicial Center costing 15 million dollars was dedicated. The new building sits across from the old courthouse and houses four courtrooms, judges' chambers, the state's attorney's office, circuit clerk offices and probation offices. 

On November 6, 1849, the electorate voted for township organization and the Commissioner’ Court appointed three men to divide the county into towns. Their report, filed February 5, 1850, named nineteen townships  comprising an area of 757 sq. mi. The first special meeting of the Board of Supervisors was held November 11, 1850.

In 1972, in compliance with the State Legislature’s decision on reapportionment, Ogle County held its first election to elect County Board members.

The county was divided into four districts, with six members from each district. This replaced the system whereby the township supervisors served as the County Board. A supervisor may also be a County Board member but not necessarily.

The 1998 estimated census shows a County population of 50,511. There are presently approximately 30,539 registered voters.

Three State parks are located in Ogle County.

• The White Pines State Park is located on the Pines Road between Polo and Oregon.

• Lowden Memorial Park is one mile north of Oregon on the east side of Rock River.

• Lorado Taft’s famous Blackhawk statue and the Northern Illinois University Field Campus are located in the Lowden Memorial Park.

• Castle Rock State Park is located on Illinois Route 2 south of Oregon.

• Lowden-Miller State Forest is located 5 miles South of Oregon on South Lowden Road.

Weld Park, located in Marion Township, was given to the County to maintain as a County Park. Sinnissippi Farms southeast of Oregon in Oregon/Nashua Township is the home of former Governor Frank O. Lowden.

The Lowden Boy Scout Camp and Camp Medill McCormick for Girl Scouts are located in Ogle County. In 1962 the Ogle County Historical Society opened a museum in the Ruby Nash home in Oregon. This is open to the public on week ends during the summer months.

According to the U.S. Forest Service, in 1985 Ogle County contained 32,200 acres of forest land, which accounts for 3.8% of the total area of the County. Interestingly, Ogle County presently contains more forest land than at any time after 1924.

Ogle County is South of Winnebago County and the City of Rockford, which is located 65 miles northwest of Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, 75 miles south of Madison, WI and 90 miles east of the Mississippi River. With a population of more than 150,000, Rockford is the central city in this region called the Rock River Valley, made up of Boone, Ogle, Stephenson and Winnebago counties in northern Illinois and Rock County in Wisconsin. The Rock River Valley is bound together by four beautiful rivers, the Rock, the Kishwaukee, the Pecatonica and the Sugar, and contains some of the most productive farmland in the world for corn and soybeans. With a mean elevation of 715 feet above sea level, the region offers four seasons and average temperatures of 22 degrees F in winter and 71 degrees F in summer.

Dickerson & Nieman Realtors is proud to be the largest real estate company in the region with offices in Rockford, Belvidere, Roscoe, Rochelle, Byron, and Oregon.

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