Iroquois Township, Iroquois County, Illinois

Township in Illinois, United States

40°48′55″N 87°49′20″W / 40.81528°N 87.82222°W / 40.81528; -87.82222CountryUnited StatesStateIllinoisCountyIroquoisEstablishedMay 1858Area

• Total36.64 sq mi (94.9 km²) • Land36.28 sq mi (94.0 km²) • Water0.36 sq mi (0.9 km²) 0.98%Elevation

623 ft (190 m)Population

(2010)

• Estimate

(2016)^[1]

599 • Density17.2/sq mi (6.6/km²)Time zoneUTC-6 (CST) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)ZIP codes

60911, 60928, 60930, 60970

FIPS code17-075-37725

Iroquois Township is one of twenty-six townships in Iroquois County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 625 and it contained 279 housing units.^[2] Iroquois Township was formed from a portion of Middleport Township as Westfield Township in May 1858; The name was changed to Iroquois Township on an unknown date.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 36.64 square miles (94.9 km²), of which 36.28 square miles (94.0 km²) (or 99.02%) is land and 0.36 square miles (0.93 km²) (or 0.98%) is water.^[2]

Cities, towns, villages

Crescent City (northeast three-quarters)

Cemeteries

The township contains these four cemeteries: Flesher, Kirby, Pierce and Wilson.

Major highways

U.S. Route 24
Illinois Route 49

Airports and landing strips

Braden Farms Airport
Dietchweiler Airport

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2016 (est.)	599	^[1]
U.S. Decennial Census^[3]

School districts

Central Community Unit School District 4
Crescent Iroquois Community Unit School District 249
Iroquois County Community Unit School District 9
Iroquois West Community Unit School District 10

Political districts

Illinois' 15th congressional district
State House District 75
State Senate District 38

References

"Iroquois 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.