Scott Township (Ogle County, Illinois)
| Scott Township | |||
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 Scott Township Building |
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| Location in Illinois | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1849 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Illinois | ||
| County : | Ogle County | ||
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 6 ′ N , 89 ° 7 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 3,181 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 34.2 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 93 km 2 (approx. 36 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 248 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 61020, 61043, 61084 | ||
| Area code : | +1 815 | ||
| FIPS : | 17-68302 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 429724 | ||
| Mayor : | Wallace Timm (supervisor) | ||
 Location of Scott Township in Ogle County |
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The Scott Township is one of 24 townships in Ogle County in the north of the US -amerikanischen state of Illinois .
geography
Scott Township is in northern Illinois. The township connects to the south of the suburbs of Rockford , the third largest city in the state. Chicago is around 135 km east-southeast, the border with Wisconsin around 50 km north and the Mississippi , which forms the border with Iowa , around 90 km west.
The Scott Township lies at 42 ° 06'25 "north latitude and 89 ° 06'52" west longitude and extends over 93 km².
The Scott Township is located in the northeast of the Ogle County and borders in the north on the Winnebago County . Within Ogle County, Scott Township is bordered to the east by Monroe Township , to the southeast by Lynnville Township , to the south by White Rock Township and to the west by Marion Township .
traffic
Illinois State Route 72 , which runs in an east-west direction, and Illinois State Route 251, which runs in a north-south direction, intersect in Scott Township . All other roads are county highways as well as further subordinate and partly unpaved roads.
Parallel to this, the Illinois Railway runs north-south and the Canadian Pacific Railway runs west from Chicago . Both cross within the Scott Township in Davis Junction , whose name is derived from this intersection.
The nearest airport is Chicago Rockford International Airport, around 10 km north of the township, on the southern outskirts of Rockford .
population
At the 2010 census , the township had 3,181 inhabitants. In addition to scattered settlements, the following settlements exist in Monroe Township:
- Davis Junction ( Village )
- Holcomb 1 ( Unincorporated Community )
1 - partly in the White Rock Township
Individual evidence
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on May 29, 2012
- ↑ Missouri Census Data Center - Illinois ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 3, 2014
