Monroe Township (Ogle County, Illinois)

Ogle County

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

Geography

The Monroe Township is located in northern Illinois about 130 kilometers west of Chicago. The border with Wisconsin is located about 45 km north; the Mississippi River, which forms the border with Iowa, is located approximately 100 km west.

The Monroe Township is located at 42 ° 05'58 " north latitude and 88 ° 59'57 " west longitude and extends over 93.8 km ².

The Monroe Township is located in the extreme northeast of Ogle County and is bordered to the north by the Winnebago County and on the east by the DeKalb County, which already belongs to the Chicago metropolitan area. Within the Ogle County Monroe Township is bordered to the south by the Lynnville Township, to the southwest by the White Rock Township and on the west by the Scott Township.

Traffic

Through the Monroe Township runs north -south Interstate 39, which leads here to the U.S. Highway 51 over the same route. In the western center of the Illinois State Route 72 crosses All other roads are County highways and further subordinate and partly unpaved roadways.

In parallel to State Route 72 runs a railway line of the Canadian Pacific Railway, which runs from Chicago to the west.

The nearest airport is around 15 km north- west of the township located Chicago Rockford International Airport on the southern outskirts of Rockford.

Population

In the census in 2010, the township had 1563 inhabitants. In addition to scattered settlements exist in the Monroe Township Monroe Center with a separate municipality ( with a status of "Village" ).