Rock Grove Township, Stephenson County, Illinois
Stephenson County
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The skirt Grove Township is one of 18 townships in Stephenson County in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Illinois.
Geography
The skirt Grove Township is located north-west of Illinois at Wisconsin border. The Mississippi River, which forms the border with Iowa, is located around 90 km to the west.
The skirt Grove Township is located at 42 ° 28'44 " north latitude and 89 ° 29'11 " west longitude and extending 78.7 km ².
The skirt Grove Township is located in the extreme north east of Stephenson County and is bordered to the east by the Winnebago County. In the north, the Township is adjacent to the Green County Wisconsin. Inside the Stephenson County Rock Grove Township is bordered to the south by the Rock Run Township, to the southwest by the Dakota and the Buckeye Township and on the west by the Oneco Township.
Traffic
Through the township lead no highways. The main roads are the County Highways 4 and 28 All other streets are subordinate and partly unpaved roadways.
The nearest airports are the Brodhead Airport ( around 20 km north-east ) and the Monroe Municipal Airport ( around 20 km north-west ) in Wisconsin and about 35 km southwest of the township located Albertus Airport in Freeport, the center of the entire region.
Population
In the census in 2010, the township had 1388 inhabitants. In addition to scattered settlements there in rock Grove Township following settlements:
- Skirt Grove ( Unincorporated Community )
- Lake Summerset1 ( Census Designated Place - CDP)
1 - to a lesser extent in the Rock Run Township, to a greater in Winnebago County