Oregon-Nashua Township, Ogle County, Illinois
Ogle County
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The Oregon - Nashua Township is one of 24 townships in Ogle County in the north of the U.S. state of Illinois. In 1993, the merger of the Oregon Township and the Nashua Township was.
Geography
The Oregon - Nashua Township is located in northern Illinois on both sides of the Rock River about 150 km west of Chicago. The Wisconsin border runs approximately 60 kilometers north; the Mississippi River, which forms the border with Iowa, is located around 75 km to the west.
The Oregon - Nashua Township Township is located at 41 ° 57'47 " north latitude and 89 ° 19'11 " west longitude and extending over 102.56 km ², spread over 99.45 km ² land and 3.11 km ² water surface.
The Oregon - Nashua Township is located in the southern center of the Ogle County and is bordered to the north by the Rockvale Township, on the northeast by the Marion Township, on the east by Pine skirt Township, to the southeast by the LaFayette Township, on the south by Taylor Township, on the southwest by the Grand Detour Township, on the west by the Pine Creek Township, and on the northwest by the Mount Morris Township.
Recreation areas
- Castle Rock State Park on the Illinois Route 2 in southern Oregon
- Lowden -Miller State Forest, about 8 km south of Oregon ( to a lesser extent in the Pine Creek Township located )
Traffic
By the Township extending along the right bank of the Rock River Illinois State Route 2 leads in the center of the township branches of this leading to the east Illinois State Route 64. All other roads are County highways and further subordinate and partly unpaved roadways.
In the east-west direction through the Oregon - Nashua Township railway line of the BNSF Railway, which runs from Chicago to the west. In Oregon, branches off from this line a stick route the Illinois Railway to Mount Morris from.
The nearest airport is about 2 km north- west of the township located Ogle County Airport in Mount Morris; the nearest major airport is around 35 km north-east location Chicago Rockford International Airport on the southern outskirts of Rockford.
Population
In the census in 2010, the township had 4909 inhabitants. In addition to scattered settlement following settlements are:
City
- Oregon
Unincorporated communities
- Days Ville
- Honey Creek1
- Watertown
1 - partly in the rock Pine Township