White Rock Township, Ogle County, Illinois
Ogle County
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The White Rock Township is one of 24 townships in Ogle County in the north of the U.S. state of Illinois.
Geography
The White Rock Township is located in northern Illinois. Chicago is located 130 km east-southeast, the Wisconsin border, about 60 km to the north and the Mississippi River, which forms the border with Iowa, about 90 km to the west.
The White Rock Township is located at 42 ° 00'49 " north latitude and 89 ° 06'34 " west longitude and extends over 92.2 km ².
The White Rock Township is located in the central -east of Ogle County and is bordered to the north by the Scott Township, on the northeast by the Monroe Township, on the east by the Lynnville Township, to the southeast by the Dement Township, on the south by the Flagg Township, in southwest at the Pine Township skirt and on the northwest by the Marion Township.
Traffic
To the east of White Rock Township extending in the east-west direction Illinois State Route 64 and extending in a north-south direction Illinois State Route crossing 251 All other roads are County highways and further subordinate and partially unpaved roadways.
In parallel to State Route 251 runs a railroad lines of the Illinois Railway in north-south direction from Rockford to the railway junction Rochelle in the south adjacent Flagg Township.
The nearest airport is 10 km south of the township located Rochelle Municipal Airport; the nearest major airport is around 15 km north of the township located Chicago Rockford International Airport on the southern outskirts of Rockford.
Population
In the census in 2010, the township had 3181 inhabitants. In addition to scattered settlement existierem in White Rock Township following ( unincorporated ) settlements:
- Holcomb1
- Kings
- White Rock
1 - predominantly in Scott Township