Hanover Township (Jo Daviess County, Illinois)

Jo Daviess County

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

Geography

The Hanover Township is drained by the Apple River and is located in northwest Illinois on the Mississippi River, which forms the border with Iowa. The border with Wisconsin is located about 40 km north.

The Hanover Township is located at 42 ° 14'38 " north latitude and 90 ° 18'05 " west longitude and extending over 147.17 km ², spread over 134.93 km ² of land and 12.14 km ² water surface.

The Hanover Township is bordered Jo Daviess County within the in the northwest to the Rice Township, on the north by the Elizabeth Township, in the northeast on the Woodbine Township and on the east by the Derinda Township. In the South, Hanover Township is adjacent to the Carroll County. On the opposite side of the Mississippi, the Jackson County is located in Iowa.

A large part of Hanover Township is taken from the grounds of the Savanna Army Depot.

Traffic

By Hanover Township which the Illinois section of the Great River Road forming Illinois State Route 84, which meets a number of minor roads runs.

By Hanover Township performs a running along the Mississippi line of BNSF Railway.

The nearest airports are about 65 km to the west located in Iowa Dubuque Regional Airport and the Albertus Airport in 80 km eastern Freeport in Stephenson County.

Population

In the census in 2010, the township had 1201 inhabitants.

In addition to individual homes to community Wi reason the only independent municipality Hanover is with the status of "Village".