Davis, Illinois
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Rock Run Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61019. The Survey maps it on the Davis quadrangle. 589 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 889 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresDavis fell from 677 to 589 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 677 | |
| 2020 | 589 | -88 (-13%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1932 USGS Pecatonica quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1936 USGS Pecatonica quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1963 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Davis quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
12,294 words on this townshipThe History of Stephenson County, Illinois : Containing ... Biographical Sketches ... War Record ... Statistics ... Portraits of Early Settlers ... History of the Northwest, History of Illinois, &c. .., published 1880 names this settlement in its chapter on Rock Run Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
A. O. AN"DERSON, farmer, Sec. 22 and 23 ; P.O. Davis; born in Norway, July 16, 1835, and came to America in 1839, with his parents ; the first land he bought was 40 acres, on which he made the improvements, and now owns 170 acres. Has been Path Master; in politics. Republican ; in religion, Lutheran. His wife, Ingabor Knudson, was born in Norway, in 1834; came to America in 1860; they were married in 1862, and they have had eight children - Annie Mary, Julia, Olie A., Carrie, Charlie, Ingabor, Isabella and Jane, deceased. Has run a threshing machine for sixteen years ; has a fine stone barn, 64x36.
Passage source: The History of Stephenson County, Illinois : Containing ... Biographical Sketches ... War Record ... Statistics ... Portraits of Early Settlers ... History of the Northwest, History of Illinois, &c. .., published 1880.
D. BEIiliMAN, retired farmer ; P. 0. Davis ; born in Lewisburg, Union Co., Penn., March 18, 1809 ; came to Stephenson Co. in June, 1852, and bought 120 acres, on which he made most of the improvements. Has been Supervisor for Rock Run Township for thirteen years, and has held other of the town offices. Member of
Passage source: The History of Stephenson County, Illinois : Containing ... Biographical Sketches ... War Record ... Statistics ... Portraits of Early Settlers ... History of the Northwest, History of Illinois, &c. .., published 1880.
A. BEST, dealer in furniture and cabinet-maker, Davis ; born in Pennsylvania, Jan 30, 1853 ; came to Illinois with his parents and settled in Winnebago Co. on a farm of 120 acres; engaged in business in 1877. In politics. Republican; in religion, Evangelical. His wife, Emma Fisher, was born in Pennsylvania in 1856, and married in 1877 ; have had three children - Lydia, May, and infant (twin), died Oct. 17, 1879.
Passage source: The History of Stephenson County, Illinois : Containing ... Biographical Sketches ... War Record ... Statistics ... Portraits of Early Settlers ... History of the Northwest, History of Illinois, &c. .., published 1880.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Rock Run Township - it names this place 51 more 51 times.
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Davis: 9 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dornink Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Buss Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| D. Zettle Property | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Davis Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Faulkner Rock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Salem Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Davis in 6 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Davis | $1,000 | a few trees down |
| March 2026 | Hail | Davis | - | The time of the event was estimated using radar. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Davis | - | One large tree limb was down over 4 inches in diameter with numerous smaller ones. This report was a delayed report. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Davis | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Davis | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Davis | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Epplyanna | 1.6 miles | 15 | |
| Rock City | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Rock Grove | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| Dakota | 6.4 miles | 13 | |
| Winneshiek | 8.1 miles | 15 | |
| Afolkey | 8.6 miles | 13 | |
| Ridott | 9.3 miles | 16 | |
| Woodruff Corners | 10.0 miles | 16 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Davis | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1808067 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 406969. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.







