Galt (Illinois)
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Location in Illinois
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Illinois | ||
| County : | Whiteside County | ||
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 47 ′ N , 89 ° 46 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 140 (as of 2010) | ||
| Height : | 195 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 61037 | ||
| Area code : | +1 779 815 | ||
| FIPS : | 17-28404 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 408859 | ||
Galt is a small settlement in Whiteside County in the northwest of the US -amerikanischen state of Illinois . The place is located in Hopkins Township and as an unincorporated community does not belong to any community. Galt has its own post office and zip code 61037.
geography
Galt is located in the northeastern center of Whiteside County on Elkhorn Creek , a few kilometers north of its confluence with the Rock River . The Mississippi , which forms the border with Iowa , is 22 miles west. The Wisconsin border runs approximately 90 km north. The place is at 41 ° 47'22 "north latitude and 89 ° 45'44" west longitude.
Neighboring towns to Galt are Grimes Addition (2.5 km northeast), Sterling (6 km east), Como (2.5 km south), Lyndon (17.8 km southwest), Round Grove (10.7 km west) and Coleta (15.2 km north).
The nearest major cities are Dubuque , Iowa (133 km northwest), Rockford (93 km northeast), Chicago (185 km east), Peoria (133 km southeast) and the Quad Cities (86 km southwest).
traffic
The Lincoln Highway, Galt's main drag, is a secondary highway. There are also a number of unpaved driveways and inner-city connecting roads.
A Union Pacific Railroad line runs through Galt in a west-east direction .
With the Whiteside County Airport is a small airfield 10.5 km southeast of Galt. The nearest major airports are Chicago Rockford International Airport, 88.9 km northeast of Galt, and Quad City International Airport, 87.6 km southwest .
Individual evidence
- ↑ zip-info.com Retrieved July 12, 2012
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on July 12, 2012