Nelson
Nelson is a village in Lee County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, Nelson had a population of 127.- Type: Village with 160 residents
- Description: village in Lee County, Illinois, United States of America
- Also known as: “Nelson, IL” and “Nelson, Illinois”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sterling-Rock Falls and Rock Falls.
Sterling-Rock Falls
Sterling and Rock Falls are adjacent towns in Northern Illinois.Rock Falls
Town
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Rock Falls is a city in Whiteside County, Illinois, United States. The recorded population was 8,606 at the 2020 census, down 7.12% from 9,266 in 2010. The city is located on the Rock River, directly opposite its twin city of Sterling. Rock Falls is situated 5 miles west of Nelson.
Sterling
Town
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Sterling is a city in Whiteside County, Illinois, United States, along the Rock River. The population was 14,782 at the 2020 census, down from 15,370 in 2010. Sterling is situated 5 miles west of Nelson.
Nelson
- Categories: village of Illinois and locality
- Location: Nelson Township, Lee, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.79642° or 41° 47′ 47″ northLongitude
-89.60177° or 89° 36′ 6″ westPopulation
160Elevation
653 feet (199 metres)Open location code
86HGQ9WX+H7OpenStreetMap ID
node 153808799OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
4903392Wikidata ID
Q2672028
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Nelson” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نيلسون”
- Basque: “Nelson”
- Catalan: “Nelson”
- Cebuano: “Nelson”
- Chinese: “Nelson”
- Chinese: “納爾森 (伊利諾伊州)”
- Chinese: “納爾森”
- Dutch: “Nelson”
- French: “Nelson”
- German: “Nelson”
- Gilaki: “نلسون (ايلينؤی)”
- Gilaki: “نلسون”
- Haitian: “Nelson, Ilinwa”
- Haitian: “Nelson”
- Italian: “Nelson”
- Ladin: “Nelson”
- Mazanderani: “نیلسون (ایلینوی)”
- Mazanderani: “نیلسون”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Nelson”
- Newari: “नेलसन (इलियोनोई)”
- Newari: “नेलसन, इलिनोइ”
- Newari: “नेलसन, इलियोनोई”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Nelson (Illinois)”
- Norwegian: “Nelson”
- Polish: “Nelson”
- Portuguese: “Nelson”
- Serbian: “Нелсон”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Nelson, Illinois”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Nelson”
- Spanish: “Nelson”
- Swedish: “Nelson, Illinois”
- Swedish: “Nelson”
- Ukrainian: “Нельсон”
- Urdu: “نیلسن، الینوائے”
- Vietnamese: “Nelson, Illinois”
- Vietnamese: “Nelson”
- Volapük: “Nelson”
- Welsh: “Nelson, Illinois”
- Welsh: “Nelson”
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