Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Illinois
- County
- Ogle
- Township
- Byron
- Founded
- July 1835
- Total
- 4.65 sq mi (12.05 km )
- Land
- 4.65 sq mi (12.04 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 682 ft (208 m)
- Density
- 813.9/sq mi (314.23/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 ( CDT )
- Fips code
- 17-10240
- Website
- byron .govoffice .com
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Encyclopedic overview
Aerial view of Byron in 2021 Byron is a city in Ogle County, Illinois, United States, probably best known as the location of the Byron Nuclear Generating Station, one of the last nuclear power plants commissioned in the United States. Byron is located in Byron Township, along the Rock River. As of the 2020 census, Byron had a population of 3,784. The town bills itself as the "Gateway to the Rock River Valley".
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Byron” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.