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Ash Grove Township, Shelby County, Illinois
Ash Grove Township is located in Shelby County, Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolita ..., USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 479 and it contained 254 housing units. History Ash Grove was initially settled by Euro-Americans by 1830. It was an early location of Mormon missionary activity in Illinois, with Mormons residing there by 1832. In late 1836 a mob attacked a Mormon missionary preaching at Ash Grove. Younger Green got an affidavit for the arrest of the mob, but the militia refused to cooperate in arresting the accused mobbers.Marlene C. Kettley, Arnold K. Garr and Craig K. Manscill, ''Mormon Thoroughfare: A History of the Church in Illinois, 1830-1839'' (Provo: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2006), p. 70-71 Geography Acc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Townships In Illinois
Of the 102 counties of the state of Illinois, 84 are organized into civil townships, usually referred to as simply "townships" in state law. Illinois has 1,428 such townships. The legal name of each township is the form "___ Township" or "Town of ____". State law specifies that no two townships in Illinois shall have the same name, and that, if the Illinois Secretary of State compares the township abstracts and finds a duplicate, the county that last adopted the name shall instead adopt a different name at the next county board meeting. Nonetheless, many township names remain duplicates in Illinois. Other forms Cook County is organized into townships except for the city of Chicago: in 1902, voters in Chicago chose to abolish the eight townships in the city. There are 17 counties with no township government: Alexander, Calhoun County, Illinois, Calhoun, Edwards County, Illinois, Edwards, Hardin County, Illinois, Hardin, Johnson County, Illinois, Johnson, Massac County, Illinois ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |