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Taylor Ridge, Illinois

unincorporated community in Rock Island County, Illinois

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 4, 2026
Entity authorityQ7690110 ↗
Source-derived summary

Taylor Ridge is a census-designated place (CDP) in Rock Island County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, Taylor Ridge had a population of 141. Taylor Ridge is located at the junction of Illinois Route 94 and Illinois Route 192, 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Reynolds. Taylor Ridge has a post office with ZIP code 61284.

Demographics

Taylor Ridge first appeared as a census designated place in the 2020 U.S. census.

2020 census

Education

It is in the Rockridge Community Unit School District 300.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Taylor Ridge, Illinois” as unincorporated community in Rock Island County, Illinois. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2020—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Taylor, Ridge and Illinois can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as unincorporated community in Rock Island County, Illinois. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 4, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7690110. Authority coordinates are 41.387, -90.668. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Taylor Ridge, Illinois”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Taylor Ridge, Illinois primary sources, Taylor Ridge, Illinois archive and Taylor research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Taylor Ridge, Illinois”?
  2. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Taylor Ridge, Illinois” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.