Woosung Township, Ogle County, Illinois

Ogle County

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

Geography

The Woosung Township is located in northern Illinois about 65 km south of the Wisconsin border. The Mississippi River, which forms the border with Iowa, located some 50 km to the west.

The Woosung Township is located at 41 ° 55'25 " north latitude and 89 ° 34'27 " west longitude and extending over 45.84 km ².

The Woosung Township is located in the extreme southwest of Ogle County and is bordered to the south by the Lee and to the west by the Whiteside County. Within the Ogle County borders the Woosung Township in the northwest of the Eagle Point Township, on the north by Buffalo Township, in the northeast of the Pine Creek Township, and on the east by the Grand Detour Township.

Traffic

Through the Township run on a common route of U.S. Highway 52 and Illinois State Route 26 All other roads are County highways and further subordinate and partly unpaved roadways.

The nearest airport is around 25 km north-east of the township located Ogle County Airport, the nearest major airport is around 60 km north-east of the Woosung Township located Chicago Rockford International Airport on the southern outskirts of Rockford.

Population

In the census of 2010, the Township had 389 inhabitants. In addition to scattered settlements exist in the Woosung Township Woosung with only one ( unincorporated ) settlement.