German Valley

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German Valley

Total population

467

Median home value

$130,300

29%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$73,661

German Valley$74k

National$74k

Elevation823 m

Land area0.48 km²

Weather62°F · Patchy Fog

Coordinates42.21°, -89.48°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

German Valley is a village in Stephenson County, Illinois, United States. German Valley is located four miles south of U.S. Route 20 between Freeport and Rockford. German Valley had a population of 433 at the 2020 census, with a 2023 estimate of 424.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for German Valley, IL from NOAA NWS API.

Notable people from here

Stephen Alfred Forbes

American naturalist (1844–1930)

Boyd Henry Bode

American philosopher

Ida C. Nahm

American medical doctor

T

Thomas Forsyth Hunt

American professor of agriculture

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about German Valley

German-American Cookbook

William D. Setzekorn · 2002

Upper Illinois River Valley Germans in the election of 1872

Denny L. Schillings · 1973

Immigrants in the Valley

Mark Wyman · 1984

Richhart, Ritchhart, Ritschard

Bettye Anderson Richhart · 1993

A German in the Yankee fatherland

Henry A. Kircher · 1983

The Jungle

Upton Sinclair · 1791

Die erste deutsche einwanderung in das Mississippital

Alexander Franz

[American Bulb Co. bulletins and price lists]

American Bulb Company · 1930

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