Source: 1870 Winnebago County, Illinois Map, showing former townships of New Milford (annexed 1916) and Guilford (annexed 1929), now part of Rockford Township.
Harlem Township
Winnebago County Townships – 2012 map
Source: Land Atlas and Plat Book Winnebago County Illinois 2012 p3
Harlem Township – 1957, Farm Plat map
Source: 1957 Farm Plat map Winnebago County Illinois; Sponsored by the Union Grange, No. 811, Inc.
Winnebago County Townships – [2012]
Source: Winnebago County Land Atlas and Plat Book, Illinois, 2012
Shore Drive, 8509
Harlem Township, county building permit issued to Pete Wright, garage $2000
Source: Rockford Register Star 6/14/1970
Atwood Homestead – Family History #2
Source (above): “The History of Winnebago County, Ill.” R 977.33 W72, p623 published by H. F. Kett & Co. Chicago, 1877.
Source (above and below): “The Pioneers of Winnebago and Boone Counties, Illinois who came before 1841” R 929.37731 R883p by Katherine E. Rowland, C.G., Gateway Press 1990, p 12-13
Willow Creek Presbyterian Church
1 photo of church exterior and 1/2 page article
7300 Belvidere Rd., Harlem Township, Il (815) 885-3455
“John Greenlee arrived in area in 1836, and by 1841, 17 families who were formerly his Scottish neighbors joined him.”
Church established 1842.
Source: Northwest Quarterly magazine, Winter 2013, Vol. 10, No. 5, p 214