Mount Morris Township, Ogle County, Illinois

Ogle County

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

Geography

The Mount Morris Township is located in northern Illinois about 160 km west of Chicago. The border with Wisconsin is approximately 60 km north; the Mississippi River, which forms the border with Iowa, is located about 60 km west.

The Mount Morris Township is located at 42 ° 4 ' N, 89 ° 27' W42.069166666667 - 89.457777777778 and extends over 93.75 km ².

The Mount Morris Township is located in the northwestern center of Ogle County and is bordered to the northwest by the Maryland Township, in the northeast on the Leaf River Township, on the east by the Rockvale Township, to the southeast by the Oregon - Nashua Township, on the south by Pine Creek Township, to the southwest by the Buffalo Township and on the west by the Lincoln Township.

Traffic

Through the south of Mount Morris Township into East-West direction, the Illinois State Routes 64 All other roads are County highways and further subordinate and partly unpaved roadways.

From the endpoint Mount Morris, a railroad line of the Illinois Railway leads to Oregon, where connection is made to the nationwide network of the BNSF Railway.

The Ogle County Airport is located on the southeastern edge of the Township; the nearest major airport is around 40 km north-east location Chicago Rockford International Airport on the southern outskirts of Rockford.

Population

In the census in 2010, the township had 3968 inhabitants. The majority of the population lives in Mount Morris, an independent municipality with the status " Village".