Galena River in Jo Daviess County IL

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Galena River, Jo Daviess County, Illinois

Galena River is a physical feature (stream) in Jo Daviess County. The primary coordinates for Galena River places it within the IL 61036 ZIP Code delivery area.

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Feature Name: Galena River
Category: Illinois physical, cultural and historic features
Feature Type: Physical
Class: Stream
Description: 84 kilometers long. Heads in Sec 9, T3N, R1E, Fourth Principal Mer, 914 m (3,000 ft) south-southeast of Little Mound, WI, flows into Harris Slough of Mississippi River, 1.6 km (1 mi) southeast of Gears Ferry, IL, and 4.8 km (3 mi) southwest of Galena, IL, in the Upper Mississippi River Wildlife and Fish Refuge.
History: A proposal to change the name Galena river to Fever River was initiated by U.S. Board on Geographic Names (USBGN) staff in June 1992. The proposal was rejected by the USBGN on September 8, 1994, and it was decided that the name Galena River would be retained;in 1991 the WI Assembly passed Bill 647 which restored that portion of the Galena River in WI to Fever River.
County: Jo Daviess County
Latitude: 42.3741765
Longitude: -90.4462392

Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Galena River: Galena River.


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Nearby Cities, Towns & CDPs

Galena, IL (3.1 miles NNE)
Saint Donatus, IA (4.9 miles W)
The Galena Territory, IL (6.7 miles ENE)
Bellevue, IA (8.1 miles S)
Menominee, IL (9.1 miles NNW)
La Motte, IA (10.4 miles WSW)
Hazel Green, WI (10.9 miles N)
Hazel Green, WI (10.9 miles N)
Hanover, IL (11.8 miles SE)
Scales Mound, IL (12.1 miles NE)

Other Small Populated Places

Galena Junction, IL (< 0.1 mile)
Portage, IL (< 0.1 mile)
Gears Ferry, IL (1.4 miles NW)
Aiken, IL (2.4 miles SE)
Bremen, IL (2.4 miles NE)
Rice, IL (3.6 miles SE)
Smiths, IA (3.6 miles SSE)
Winston, IL (5.1 miles ESE)
Wilkins, IA (5.5 miles WNW)
North Bellevue, IA (6.7 miles S)

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