Byron (Illinois)

Ogle County

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Byron is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) in Ogle County in the north of the U.S. state of Illinois. In 2010, Byron had 3753 inhabitants.

7 km south of Byron is the nuclear power plant Byron.

Geography

Byron, which is also called Gateway to the Rock River Valley, lies on both sides of the Rock River in Byron and Marion Township. The city is located at 42 ° 07'37 " north latitude and 89 ° 15'20 " west longitude and extending over 9 km ².

Towns nearby are Rockford (24,8 km northeast), Stillman Valley ( 7.3 km east-northeast ), Oregon (17,3 km southwest) and Leaf River (12,7 km west).

In addition to Rockford, the nearest major cities are Chicago (151 km east-southeast ), the Quad Cities (156 km southwest), Wisconsin's capital, Madison (118 km north) and Wisconsin's largest city, Milwaukee (182 km northeast).

Traffic

By Byron leads the running along the Rock River Illinois State Route 2 This is State Route 72 crossed the center of the Illinois, which also crosses a bridge over the Rock River.

In parallel with State Route 72 is a railway line of the Canadian Pacific Railway, which runs from Chicago to the west. These crosses west of Byron a bridge over the Rock River. About a second railway bridge carries a railway siding that runs from the city center in a southerly direction to the nuclear power plant.

The nearest airport is located 18.1 km northeast Chicago Rockford International Airport on the southern outskirts of Rockford.