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Friends Creek Township, Macon County, Illinois
Friends Creek Township is located in Macon County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,450 and it contained 601 housing units. Cities and towns * Argenta * Newburg Adjacent townships * Creek Township, DeWitt County (north) * Nixon Township, DeWitt County (north) * Goose Creek Township, Piatt County (northeast) * Willow Branch Township, Piatt County (east and southeast) * Whitmore Township (south) * Hickory Point Township (southwest) * Maroa Township (west) * Texas Township, DeWitt County (northwest) Geography Friends Creek Township is the home of the Friends Creek Conservation Area The Friends Creek Conservation Area is a 616-acre (2.5 km2) natural area in the U.S. state of Illinois, located in Friends Creek Township near Cisco in northeastern Macon County. The conservation area, located 18 miles (29 km) north of ..., a 616-acre county conservation area that is the largest park physically located in the township. According to the 2010 censu ...
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List Of Sovereign States
The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty. The 206 listed states can be divided into three categories based on membership within the United Nations System: 193 UN member states, 2 UN General Assembly non-member observer states, and 11 other states. The ''sovereignty dispute'' column indicates states having undisputed sovereignty (188 states, of which there are 187 UN member states and 1 UN General Assembly non-member observer state), states having disputed sovereignty (16 states, of which there are 6 UN member states, 1 UN General Assembly non-member observer state, and 9 de facto states), and states having a special political status (2 states, both in free association with New Zealand). Compiling a list such as this can be a complicated and controversial process, as there is no definition that is binding on all the members of the community of nations concerni ...
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Goose Creek Township, Piatt County, Illinois
Goose Creek Township is a township in Piatt County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 790 and it contained 355 housing units. Ameren's Goose Creek Energy Center, a combustion turbine generator (CTG) power plant, is located in Goose Creek Township.http://www.ameren.com/source/AboutUs/Pages/ADC_CTGs.aspx Geography According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.96%) is land and (or 0.02%) is water. Cities and towns * De Land Extinct towns * Combs Adjacent townships * Santa Anna Township, DeWitt County (north) * Blue Ridge Township (northeast) * Sangamon Township (east) * Monticello Township (southeast) * Willow Branch Township (south) * Friends Creek Township, Macon County (southwest) * Nixon Township, DeWitt County (west) * DeWitt Township, DeWitt County (northwest) Cemeteries The township contains eight cemeteries: Deland, Dillow Family, Dooley Family, Kentuck, Marquiss, Morain, Mosgrove and Old Monticello. ...
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Townships In Macon County, Illinois
A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canada, Scotland and parts of the United States, the term refers to settlements too small or scattered to be considered urban. Australia ''The Australian National Dictionary'' defines ''township'' as: "A site reserved for and laid out as a town; such a site at an early stage of its occupation and development; a small town". The term refers purely to the settlement; it does not refer to a unit of government. Townships are governed as part of a larger council (such as that of a shire, district or city) or authority. Canada In Canada, two kinds of township occur in common use. *In Eastern Canada, a township is one form of the subdivision of a county. In Canadian French, this is a . Townships are referred to as "lots" in Prince Edward I ...
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Friends Creek Conservation Area
The Friends Creek Conservation Area is a 616-acre (2.5 km2) natural area in the U.S. state of Illinois, located in Friends Creek Township near Cisco in northeastern Macon County. The conservation area, located 18 miles (29 km) north of Decatur, preserves creek woodlands and has regrown some tallgrass prairie and oak–hickory forest. It serves the people of the Decatur metropolitan area. Description The Friends Creek Conservation Area land is a combination of creekside woodland and upland meadow/oak-hickory savanna. The Macon County Conservation District describes the land as a combination of "floodplain, forest, open meadows, and tall grass prairie". The conservation area houses three trails, with lengths totaling 3.5 miles (5.6 km) for active use, and centers on a 35-site primitive/non-primitive campground that borders on winding Friends Creek. Camping fees are charged, with a discount for Macon County residents. A key historic asset of the conservation area ...
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Texas Township, DeWitt County, Illinois
Texas Township is one of thirteen townships in DeWitt County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,266 and it contained 523 housing units. The west half of Weldon Springs State Park is in this township. Geography According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Texas Township has a total area of , of which (or 99.81%) is land and (or 0.19%) is water. Cities, towns, villages * Clinton (south edge) Unincorporated towns * Ospur at (This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.) Cemeteries The township contains Hill Cemetery and Texas Cemetery (est. 1844) near Texas Christian Church. Airports and landing strips * Margenthaler Airport Demographics As of the 2020 census there were 1,266 people, 553 households, and 392 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 523 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 96.76% White, 0.47% African American, 0.00% Native American, ...
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Maroa Township, Macon County, Illinois
Maroa Township is located in Macon 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 .... As of the 2010 census, its population was 2,100 and it contained 883 housing units. The township was named after the Maroa Indians. Cities and towns * Emery * Maroa Adjacent townships * Texas Township, DeWitt County (north) * Creek Township, DeWitt County (northeast) * Friends Creek Township (east) * Hickory Point Township (southeast) * Whitmore Township (southeast) * Hickory Point Township (south) * Illini Township (southwest) * Austin Township (west) * Tunbridge Township, DeWitt County (northwest) Geography According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , all land. Demographics References External links US Census Townships in Ma ...
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Hickory Point Township, Macon County, Illinois
Hickory Point Township is located in Macon County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 18,523 and it contained 8,562 housing units. Cities and towns * Decatur (north part) * Forsyth Forsyth may refer to: Places Oceania * Forsyth Island, Queensland, Australia, one of the West Wellesley Islands (aka Forsyth Islands) * Forsyth Island, Tasmania, Australia * Forsyth Island (New Zealand), in the outer Marlborough Sounds of South I ... Adjacent townships * Maroa Township (north) * Friends Creek Township (northeast) * Whitmore Township (east) * Decatur Township (southeast and south) * Harristown Township (southwest) * Illini Township (west) * Austin Township (northwest) Geography According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , all land. Demographics References External links City-data.com
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Whitmore Township, Macon County, Illinois
Whitmore Township is located in Macon 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 .... As of the 2010 census, its population was 4,471 and it contained 1,915 housing units. Cities and towns * Larkdale * Oreana Adjacent townships * Friends Creek Township (north) * Willow Branch Township, Piatt County (northeast, east and southeast) * Oakley Township (south) * Decatur Township (south and southwest) * Hickory Point Township (west) * Maroa Township (northwest) Geography According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 97.29%) is farmland and (or 2.71%) is water. Demographics References External links US Census
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Willow Branch Township, Piatt County, Illinois
Willow Branch Township is a township in Piatt County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 839 and it contained 355 housing units. History Willow Branch Township changed its name from Liberty Township sometime around 1860. The area is the site of a major archaeological site of the University of Illinois along the nearby Sangamon River of the homestead of Ira Sarlls, an early pioneer farmer to the area from New YorkThe Ira Sarlls site ''Illinois Archaeology '' Fever River Research, Springfield, IL http://www.illinoisarchaeology.com/Ira%20Sarlls%20Site.pdf Geography According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.91%) is land and (or 0.09%) is water. The streams of Wildcat Creek and Willow Branch run through this township. Both streams are tributaries of the Sangamon River which runs from northeast to southwest through the township. Willow Branch is part of Townships 17 and 18 North, Range 4 and 5 East of the Third Principal ...
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Nixon Township, DeWitt County, Illinois
Nixon Township is one of thirteen townships in DeWitt County, Illinois, US. As of the 2020 census, its population was 492 and it contained 231 housing units. The last settled township in DeWitt County was Nixon. The first settlement began in 1850 and the first to locate in this township was Cicero Twist in the spring of 1850. He settled in Section 8 and that year broke a small patch of prairie and raised a crop of sod corn. There had been land cultivated within its boundaries, years before but by parties living outside the immediate area not citizens of the township. Milo Twist, one of eight, was the first white child born in the township and the Twist family lived in a crude cabin constructed of rough logs just as they were cut from native timber. George, William and Morris Nixon were also some of the most early settlers of the area. They were brothers and came from Ohio in the year 1850, settling in different parts of the township. William Nixon and Smith Fuller of DeWitt ...
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