Waddams Township, Stephenson County, Illinois
Stephenson County
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The Waddams Township is one of 18 townships in Stephenson County in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Illinois.
Geography
The Waddams Township is located in northwestern Illinois, approximately 10 km south of the Wisconsin border. The Mississippi River, which forms the border with Iowa, is located around 60 km to the west.
The Waddams Township is located at 42 ° 25'03 " north latitude and 89 ° 45'10 " west longitude and covers an area of 92.71 km ². The township is traversed in a north-south direction from coming from Wisconsin Pecatonica River, a tributary of the Rock River.
The Waddams Township is located in the northwestern center of Stephenson County. It is bounded on the northwest by the Winslow Township, in the northeast on the Oneco Township, on the east by the Buckeye Township, on the south by the Harlem and the Erin Township, to the southwest by the Kent Township and on the west by the West Point Township.
Traffic
Through the west of the township runs the Illinois State Route 73 All other roads are subordinate and partly unpaved roadways.
The nearest airport is around 30 km south-east location Albertus Airport in Freeport, the center of the region.
Population
In the census of 2010, the Township had 807 inhabitants. In addition to scattered settlements exist in Waddams Township with McConnell just a unincorporated settlement.