Apple River Fort - Interpretive Center
Apple River Fort - Interpretive Center is a museum in Elizabeth Township, Jo Daviess, Illinois. Apple River Fort - Interpretive Center is situated nearby to the village Elizabeth, as well as near Chicago Great Western Railway Depot Museum.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Apple River Fort.
Apple River Fort
Museum
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Apple River Fort, today known as the Apple River Fort State Historic Site, was one of many frontier forts hastily completed by settlers in northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin following the onset of the 1832 Black Hawk War. Apple River Fort is situated 1,600 feet east of Apple River Fort - Interpretive Center.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Elizabeth and Woodbine Township.
Elizabeth
Village
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Elizabeth is a village in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, United States. The population was 694 at the 2020 census.
Woodbine Township
Village
Woodbine Township is one of 23 townships in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 543 and it contained 386 housing units. Its name changed from Jefferson Township on September 13, 1853. Woodbine Township is situated 4 miles northeast of Apple River Fort - Interpretive Center.
Rodden
Hamlet
Rodden is an unincorporated community located in Elizabeth Township, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, United States. Rodden is situated 5 miles west of Apple River Fort - Interpretive Center.
Apple River Fort - Interpretive Center
- Type: Museum
- Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
- Location: Elizabeth Township, Jo Daviess, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.31822° or 42° 19′ 6″ northLongitude
-90.22037° or 90° 13′ 13″ westOpen location code
86JF8Q9H+7VOpenStreetMap ID
node 3604302591OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museum
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