East Clinton
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Location in Illinois
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Illinois | ||
| County : | Whiteside County | ||
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 50 ′ N , 90 ° 10 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Height : | 179 m | ||
| Area code : | +1 815 | ||
| FIPS : | 17-21644 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 407624 | ||
East Clinton is a small settlement in Whiteside County in the northwest of the US -amerikanischen state of Illinois . The place is located in the Garden Plain Township and as an unincorporated community does not belong to any community.
geography
East Clinton is located west of Whiteside County at 41 ° 50'01 "north latitude and 90 ° 09'54" west longitude. The place is on the Mississippi , which forms the border with Iowa . The Wisconsin border runs approximately 90 km north.
Neighboring towns of East Clinton are Clinton on the opposite bank of the Mississippi in Iowa, Fulton (on the northern outskirts), Morrison (12 miles east) and Albany (8.8 miles southwest).
The nearest major cities are Dubuque , Iowa (99.1 km northwest), Rockford (132 km northeast), Chicago (221 km southeast), Peoria (167 km southeast) and the Quad Cities (60.5 km southwest).
traffic
US Highway 30 runs through East Clinton in an east-west direction and crosses the Mississippi from the east over the Gateway Bridge in the direction of Clinton in Iowa to the west. Along the Mississippi that here the Illinois portion of the leads Great River Road forming Illinois Route 84 . All other roads are county roads or further subordinate and partly unpaved roads.
Two railway lines run through East Clinton, the BNSF Railway and the Union Pacific Railroad . The Union Pacific crosses the Mississippi to the west via the Clinton Railroad Bridge , which runs parallel to the Gateway Bridge .
The nearest major airport is Quad City International Airport, 38 miles southwest of East Clinton .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on July 6, 2012