Martinton Township, Iroquois County, Illinois
Township in Illinois, United States
40°54′04″N 87°44′18″W / 40.90111°N 87.73833°W / 40.90111; -87.73833 (2010)
(2016)[1]
60912, 60931, 60951, 60970
Martinton Township is one of twenty-six townships in Iroquois County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 943 and it contained 460 housing units.[2] Buchanan Township formed from a portion of Papineau Township, then known as Wygant Township, in September 1857; its name was changed to Martinton Township on an unknown date.
Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 54.41 square miles (140.9 km2), of which 54.22 square miles (140.4 km2) (or 99.65%) is land and 0.19 square miles (0.49 km2) (or 0.35%) is water.[2]
Cities, towns, villages
- Martinton
Extinct towns
- Freedville at 40°51′39″N 87°44′35″W / 40.860868°N 87.74309°W / 40.860868; -87.74309
Cemeteries
The township contains these four cemeteries: Greentown, Mount Olivet, Old Burg and Teege.
Major highways
- U.S. Route 52
- Illinois Route 1
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
---|---|---|---|
2016 (est.) | 904 | [1] | |
U.S. Decennial Census[3] |
School districts
- Donovan Community Unit School District 3
- Iroquois County Community Unit School District 9
Political districts
- Illinois' 15th congressional district
- State House District 79
- State Senate District 40
References
- "Martinton Township, Iroquois County, Illinois". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved January 17, 2010.
- United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
- United States National Atlas
- ^ a b "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.
- ^ a b "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved May 28, 2013.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
External links
- City-Data.com
- Illinois State Archives
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Places adjacent to Martinton Township, Iroquois County, Illinois