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Dry Point Township, Shelby County, Illinois
Dry Point Township is located in Shelby County, Illinois, Shelby County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,093 and it contained 463 housing units. Geography According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , all land. Adjacent townships * Lakewood Township, Shelby County, Illinois, Lakewood Township (north) * Holland Township, Shelby County, Illinois, Holland Township (east) * Liberty Township, Effingham County, Illinois, Liberty Township, Effingham County (southeast) * Loudon Township, Fayette County, Illinois, Loudon Township, Fayette County (south) * Bowling Green Township, Fayette County, Illinois, Bowling Green Township, Fayette County (south and southwest) * Herrick Township, Shelby County, Illinois, Herrick Township (west) * Cold Spring Township, Shelby County, Illinois, Cold Spring Township (northwest) Demographics References External linksCity-data.com [...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. All told, Illinois has 1,428 such townships, and they are the slight majority of the state's general units of local government. 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. History Local government in the Illinois Territory, and the state of Illinois after 1818 statehood, was predominantly handled by the state's counties, although towns and villages also existed. Chicago was chartered as the state's first city in 1837. The 1848 Constitution of Illinois g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |