Pine Creek Township, Ogle County, Illinois

Ogle County

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

Geography

The Pine Creek Township is located in northern Illinois about 160 km west of Chicago. The border with Wisconsin is located approximately 70 kilometers north; the Mississippi River, which forms the border with Iowa, is located about 60 km west.

The Pine Creek Township is located at 41 ° 58'35 " north latitude and 89 ° 27'31 " west longitude and extending over 102.82 km ².

The Pine Creek Township is located in the south- center of the Ogle County and is bordered on the north by Mount Morris Township, in the northeast on the Rockvale Township, on the east by the Oregon - Nashua Township, to the southeast by the Taylor Township, on the south by the Grand Detour Township, to the southwest by the Woosung Township, on the west by the Buffalo Township and to the northwest by the Lincoln Township.

Traffic

All roads in the Pine Creek Township are county highways and further subordinate and partly unpaved roadways.

In the east-west direction through the Pine Creek Township, a railway line in the BNSF Railway, which runs from Chicago to the west.

The nearest airport is about 2 km northeast of the township located Ogle County Airport; the nearest major airport is around 45 km north-east location Chicago Rockford International Airport on the southern outskirts of Rockford.

Population

In the census of 2010, the Township had 758 inhabitants. In addition to scattered settlements exist in the Lincoln Township only the unincorporated settlement of Stratford.