Stockton Township, Jo Daviess County, Illinois

Jo Daviess County

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The Stockton Township is one of 23 townships in Jo Daviess County in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Illinois.

Geography

The Stockton Township is located in northwestern Illinois and flows through the west of Apple River. The border with Iowa, which is formed from the Mississippi River, located approximately 40 km to the west. The border with Wisconsin is located 20 north.

The Stockton Township is located at 42 ° 19'45 " north latitude and 90 ° 02'23 " west longitude and extending over 95.99 km ².

The Stockton Township borders within the Jo Daviess County in the north to the Rush Township, in the northeast on the Nora Township, on the east by the Wards Grove Township, to the southeast by the Berreman Township, on the south by the Pleasant Valley Township, to the southwest by the Derinda Township, on the west by the Woodbine Township and to the northwest by the Thompson Township.

Traffic

By Stockton Township runs in east-west direction of the U.S. Highway 20 within the Township of these meets the Illinois State Route 78, and a number of minor roads.

The nearest airports are about 80 km to the west located in Iowa Dubuque Regional Airport, which is around 70 km north-west located in Wisconsin Platteville Municipal Airport and about 50 km to the east in Illinois Albertus Airport in Freeport.

Population

In the census in 2010, the township had 2453 inhabitants. In addition to scattered settlement of the vast majority of the population lives in Stockton, the single ( with a status of "Village" ) autonomous municipality within the Township.