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About Nelson, IL

Nelson is a tiny farming town of 125 people in Lee County, Illinois, sitting along quiet country roads about 12 miles north of Dixon via Route 2. The area is classic Illinois prairie with corn and soybean fields stretching endlessly under big skies. Most visitors come from nearby Dixon or Sterling-Rock Falls on short rural drives, though the nearest major highway access is I-88 about 20 miles south. The town's historic one-room schoolhouse still stands as a testament to its 19th-century railroad-era beginnings.

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Nelson, IL is in United States, at 41.796, -89.603 - about 12 km east of Rock Falls, IL.

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The closest airport to Nelson, IL is Chicago Rockford International Airport, 93 km (about 1 h 22 min by car).

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