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Chebanse Township, Iroquois County, Illinois
Chebanse Township is one of twenty-six townships in Iroquois County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,109 and it contained 1,263 housing units. Geography According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.69%) is land and (or 0.31%) is water. Cities, towns, villages * Chebanse (south three-quarters) * Clifton Cemeteries The township contains Saint Mary & Joseph Cemetery and Evergreen Cemetery. Major highways * Interstate 57 * U.S. Route 45 Airports and landing strips * Nottke Airport Demographics School districts * Central Community Unit School District 4 Political districts * Illinois' 15th congressional district The 15th congressional district of Illinois is currently located in central Illinois. It was located in eastern and southeastern Illinois until 2022. It is currently represented by Republican Mary Miller. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index ra ... * State House District 75 * State House District ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Civil Township
A civil township is a widely used unit of local government in the United States that is subordinate to a county, most often in the northern and midwestern parts of the country. The term town is used in New England, New York, and Wisconsin to refer to the equivalent of the civil township in these states; Minnesota uses "town" officially but often uses it and "township" interchangeably. Specific responsibilities and the degree of autonomy vary based on each state. Civil townships are distinct from survey townships, but in states that have both, the boundaries often coincide and may completely geographically subdivide a county. The U.S. Census Bureau classifies civil townships as minor civil divisions. Currently, there are 20 states with civil townships. Township functions are generally overseen by a governing board (the name varies from state to state) and a clerk, trustee, or mayor (in New Jersey and the metro townships of Utah). Township officers frequently include justice of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interstate 57
Interstate 57 (I-57) is a north–south Interstate Highway in Missouri and Illinois that parallels the old Illinois Central Railroad for much of its route. It runs from Sikeston, Missouri, at I-55 to Chicago, Illinois, at I-94. I-57 essentially serves as a shortcut route for travelers headed between the South (Memphis, New Orleans, etc.) and Chicago, bypassing St. Louis, Missouri and Springfield, Illinois. Between the junction of I-55 and I-57 in Sikeston and the junction of I-55 and I-90/I-94 in Chicago, I-55 travels for , while the combination of I-57 and I-94 is only long between the same two points. In fact, both the control cities on the overhead signs and the destination mileage signs reference Memphis along southbound I-57, even as far north as its northern origin at I-94 in Chicago. Likewise, at its southern end, Chicago is the control city listed for I-57 on signs on northbound I-55 south of Sikeston, even though I-55 also goes to Chicago. , I-57 has no spur rout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pilot Township, Kankakee County, Illinois
Pilot Township is one of seventeen townships in Kankakee County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 2,086 and it contained 859 housing units. It was formed from a portion of Salina Township on March 11, 1857. Geography According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , all land. Cities, towns, villages * Herscher Unincorporated towns * Dickeys at * Goodrich at * Lehigh at (This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.) Extinct towns * Pilot Center at (These towns are listed as "historical" by the USGS.) Adjacent townships * Salina Township (north) * Limestone Township (northeast) * Otto Township (east) * Chebanse Township, Iroquois County (southeast) * Milks Grove Township, Iroquois County (south) * Rogers Township, Ford County (southwest) * Norton Township (west) * Essex Township (northwest) Cemeteries The township contains these seven cemeteries: Grand Prairie, Grand Prairie United, Mount Hope, Pilo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milks Grove Township, Iroquois County, Illinois
Milks Grove Township is one of twenty-six townships in Iroquois County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 214 and it contained 79 housing units. Milks Grove Township formed from a portion of Chebanse Township on an unknown date, but before 1921. Milks Grove is named for the late 19th-century midwestern land speculator Lemuel Milk. Geography According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , all land. Cemeteries The township contains Milk's Grove Cemetery. Airports and landing strips * Berns Airport * Porter Airport Demographics School districts * Central Community Unit School District 4 * Herscher Community Unit School District 2 Political districts * Illinois' 15th congressional district The 15th congressional district of Illinois is currently located in central Illinois. It was located in eastern and southeastern Illinois until 2022. It is currently represented by Republican Mary Miller. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashkum Township, Iroquois County, Illinois
Ashkum Township is one of twenty-six townships in Iroquois County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,542 and it contained 662 housing units. Ashkum Township formed from portions of Chebanse Township and Onarga Township in March, 1857. Geography According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.84%) is land and (or 0.16%) is water. Cities, towns, villages * Ashkum Unincorporated towns * L'Erable at Cemeteries The township contains L'Erable Catholic Cemetery. Major highways * Interstate 57 * U.S. Route 45 * U.S. Route 52 * Illinois Route 49 * Illinois Route 116 Illinois Route 116 (IL 116) is a cross-state rural state highway that runs from U.S. Route 34 (US 34) by Gladstone east to the intersection of US 45 (North Front Street) and Old US 45, on the north side of Ashkum. Route description The ... Demographics School districts * Central Community Unit School District 4 * Iroquois West Community ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Papineau Township, Iroquois County, Illinois
Papineau Township is one of twenty-six townships in Iroquois County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 499 and it contained 204 housing units. Originally named Weygandt by early Dutch settlers, the township name was changed in 1862 by later French-Canadian settlers to Papineau, after the Québec nationalist hero of the 1830s Louis-Joseph Papineau. Geography According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.49%) is land and (or 0.51%) is water. Cities, towns, villages * Papineau Cemeteries The township contains these four cemeteries: Jones, Oak Ridge, Papineau and Saint Joseph. Major highways * Illinois Route 1 Demographics School districts * Donovan Community Unit School District 3 Political districts * Illinois's 15th congressional district The 15th congressional district of Illinois is currently located in central Illinois. It was located in eastern and southeastern Illinois until 2022. It is currently repr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martinton Township, Iroquois County, Illinois
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. 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 , of which (or 99.65%) is land and (or 0.35%) is water. Cities, towns, villages * Martinton Extinct towns * Freedville at Cemeteries The township contains these four cemeteries: Greentown, Mount Olivet, Old Burg and Teege. Major highways * U.S. Route 52 * Illinois Route 1 Demographics School districts * Donovan Community Unit School District 3 * Iroquois County Community Unit School District 9 Political districts * Illinois' 15th congressional district The 15th congressional district of Illinois is currently located in central Illinois. It was located ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aroma Township, Kankakee County, Illinois
Aroma Township is one of seventeen townships in Kankakee County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 5,157 and it contained 2,203 housing units. Geography According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 97.58%) is land and (or 2.42%) is water. Aroma township includes the Iroquois Woods Nature Preserve and Strasma Park. Cities, towns, villages * Aroma Park (vast majority) * Kankakee (east edge) * Sammons Point (east edge) * Sun River Terrace (southwest quarter) Adjacent townships * Ganeer Township (northeast) * St. Anne Township (southeast) * Papineau Township, Iroquois County (south) * Chebanse Township, Iroquois County (southwest) * Kankakee Township (west) * Otto Township (west) * Bourbonnais Township (northwest) Cemeteries The township contains these six cemeteries: Aroma Park, B'nai Israel, Bebe Family, Kankakee Memorial Gardens, Flower, and Leggtown. Major highways * Illinois Route 1 * Illinois Route 17 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otto Township, Kankakee County, Illinois
Otto Township is one of seventeen townships in Kankakee County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 2,582 and it contained 937 housing units. It was formed from portions of Aroma and Limestone townships on December 11, 1855 as Carthage Township; its name was changed to Otto Township on March 11, 1857. Geography According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.34%) is land and (or 0.66%) is water. Cities, towns, villages * Aroma Park (west edge) * Chebanse (north quarter) * Irwin * Kankakee (southwest quarter) * Sammons Point (vast majority) Unincorporated towns * Otto at * Sugar Island at (This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.) Adjacent townships * Kankakee Township (northeast) * Aroma Township (east) * Papineau Township, Iroquois County (east) * Chebanse Township, Iroquois County (south) * Milks Grove Township, Iroquois County (southwest) * Pilot Township (west) * Limestone Towns ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Illinois' 15th Congressional District
The 15th congressional district of Illinois is currently located in central Illinois. It was located in eastern and southeastern Illinois until 2022. It is currently represented by Republican Mary Miller. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of R+26, it is the most Republican district in Illinois. In most of the district, there are no elected Democrats above the county level, and Donald Trump carried over 70% of the district's vote in both of his bids for president. Geographic boundaries 2011 redistricting The congressional district covers parts of Bond, Champaign, Ford and Madison counties, and all of Clark, Clay, Clinton, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar, Edwards, Effingham, Fayette, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jasper, Johnson, Lawrence, Madison, Marion, Massac, Moultrie, Pope, Richland, Saline, Shelby, Vermilion, Wabash, Washington, Wayne, and White counties. All or parts of Centralia, Charleston, Danville, Edwardsville, Effingham, Glen Car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
US 45
U.S. Route 45 (US 45) is a major north-south United States highway and a border-to-border route, from Lake Superior to the Gulf of Mexico. A sign at the highway's northern terminus notes the total distance as . US 45 is notable for incorporating, in its maiden alignment, the first paved road in the South, a 49-mile segment in Lee County, Mississippi. Let to contract in July 1914, the concrete highway opened on November 15, 1915. As of 2006, the highway's northern terminus is in Ontonagon, Michigan, at the corner of Ontonagon and River Streets, a few blocks from Lake Superior ( M-64 formerly terminated there as well until its rerouting in October 2006 to use the newly built Ontonagon River Bridge). US 45's southern terminus is in Mobile, Alabama, at an intersection with U.S. Route 98. Route description Alabama US 45 is concurrent with unsigned SR 17 between Mobile and Vinegar Bend, just north of Deer Park, in Washington County, Alabama. From Vinegar Bend to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I-57
Interstate 57 (I-57) is a north–south Interstate Highway in Missouri and Illinois that parallels the old Illinois Central Railroad for much of its route. It runs from Sikeston, Missouri, at I-55 to Chicago, Illinois, at I-94. I-57 essentially serves as a shortcut route for travelers headed between the South (Memphis, New Orleans, etc.) and Chicago, bypassing St. Louis, Missouri and Springfield, Illinois. Between the junction of I-55 and I-57 in Sikeston and the junction of I-55 and I-90/I-94 in Chicago, I-55 travels for , while the combination of I-57 and I-94 is only long between the same two points. In fact, both the control cities on the overhead signs and the destination mileage signs reference Memphis along southbound I-57, even as far north as its northern origin at I-94 in Chicago. Likewise, at its southern end, Chicago is the control city listed for I-57 on signs on northbound I-55 south of Sikeston, even though I-55 also goes to Chicago. , I-57 has no spur rout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
