Taylor Township, Ogle County, Illinois

Ogle County

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

Geography

The Taylor Township is located in northern Illinois on the left bank of the Rock River about 150 km west of Chicago. The Wisconsin border runs approximately 70 km to the north and the Mississippi River, which forms the border with Iowa, about 70 km to the west.

The Taylor Township is located at 41 ° 54'35 " north latitude and 89 ° 20'09 " west longitude and extending 40.1 km ².

The Taylor Township is located in the south of Ogle County and is bordered to the south by the Lee County. Within the Ogle County Taylor Township is bordered to the west by the Grand Detour Township, in the northwest of the Pine Creek Township, on the north by Oregon - Nashua Township, in the northeast of the Pine Township skirt and on the east by the LaFayette Township.

Traffic

The only paved road within the Township is the Taylor County Highway 22 All other streets are minor and unpaved roadways.

The nearest airport is 15 km north-east location Ogle County Airport; the nearest major airport is around 45 km north of the township located Chicago Rockford International Airport on the southern outskirts of Rockford.

Population

In the census of 2010, the Township had 815 inhabitants. In addition to scattered settlements exist in the Taylor Township with Lost Nation only one ( unincorporated ) settlement.