Nelson Township, Lee County, Illinois
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Nelson Township is located in Lee County, Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
. The population was 854 at the 2000 census. Nelson Township was formed from Dixon Township
Dixon Township, Lee County, Illinois
Dixon Township is one of twenty-two townships in Lee County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 17,925.-History:Dixon Township was established on November 6, 1849...
on February 28, 1860.