Flagg Township, Ogle County, Illinois

Ogle County

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The Flagg Township is one of 24 townships in Ogle County in the north of the U.S. state of Illinois.

Geography

The Flagg Township is located in northern Illinois about 130 kilometers west of Chicago. The border with Wisconsin is located approximately 70 kilometers north; the Mississippi River, which forms the border with Iowa, is located around 95 km to the west.

The Flagg Township is located at 41 ° 56 'N, 89 ° 7' W41.937222222222 - 89.110555555556 and extends over 92.5 km ².

The Flagg Township is located in the southeast of Ogle County and is bordered to the south by the Lee County. Within the Ogle County borders the Flagg Township in the southwest on the LaFayette Township, in the north- west by the Skirt Pine Township, on the north by the White Rock Township, on the northwest by the Lynnville Township and on the east by the Dement Township.

Traffic

Thanks to the southeast of the Township the 88th leads also meet the Illinois State Routes 38 and 251 in Rochelle, the center of the township, together. All other roads are County highways and further subordinate and partly unpaved roadways.

Rochelle is an important railway junction, and therefore converge more railway lines of the Union Pacific Railroad and the BNSF Railway in the Flagg Township.

The nearest airport is located in the township of Rochelle Municipal Airport; the nearest major airport is around 35 km to the north Chicago Rockford International Airport on the southern outskirts of Rockford.

Population

In the census of 2010, the Township had 13,562 inhabitants. In addition to scattered settlements the population lives in the following settlements:

City

• Rochelle1

Village

• Hillcrest

Unincorporated communities

• Flagg
• Flag Center

1 - partially in Dement Township