Fenton (Illinois)
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Location in Illinois
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Illinois | ||
| County : | Whiteside County | ||
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 44 ′ N , 90 ° 2 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 347 (as of 2010) | ||
| Height : | 189 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 61251 | ||
| Area code : | +1 779 815 | ||
| FIPS : | 17-25804 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 408322 | ||
Fenton is a small settlement in Whiteside County in the northwest of the US -amerikanischen state of Illinois . The place forms the center of the Fenton Township and as an unincorporated community does not belong to any community. Fenton has its own post office and zip code 61251.
geography
Fenton is located in the southwestern center of Whiteside County on Rock Creek , a few kilometers north of its confluence with the Rock River . The Mississippi , which forms the border with Iowa , is around 17 km to the west. The Wisconsin border runs approximately 95 km north. The place is 41 ° 43'50 "north latitude and 90 ° 01'48" west longitude.
Neighboring towns to Fenton are Morrison (14.6 km northeast), Lyndon (11.5 km east), Prophetstown (15.3 km southeast), Erie (11.5 km southwest), and Albany (19.8 km northwest).
The closest major cities are Dubuque , Iowa (122 km northwest), Rockford (122 km northeast), Chicago (208 km east), Peoria (144 km southeast) and the Quad Cities (63 km southwest).
traffic
County Highways 2 and 23 meet in Fenton. There are also a number of unpaved driveways and inner-city connecting roads.
A BNSF Railway runs parallel to County Highway 23 .
The nearest airports are Chicago Rockford International Airport, 116 km northeast of Fenton, and Quad City International Airport, 63.7 km southwest .
Individual evidence
- ↑ zip-info.com Retrieved July 12, 2012
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on July 12, 2012