Annawan Township is one of twenty-four
townships
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in
Henry County,
Illinois
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,
USA
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. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,112 and it contained 515 housing units.
Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.45%) is land and (or 0.55%) is water.
Cities, towns, villages
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Annawan (vast majority)
Adjacent townships
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Alba Township (north)
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Gold Township, Bureau County (northeast)
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Mineral Township, Bureau County (east)
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Neponset Township, Bureau County (southeast)
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Kewanee Township (south)
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Burns Township (southwest)
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Cornwall Township (west)
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Atkinson Township (northwest)
Major highways
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Interstate 80
Interstate 80 (I-80) is an east–west transcontinental freeway that crosses the United States from downtown San Francisco, California, to Teaneck, New Jersey, in the New York metropolitan area. The highway was designated in 1956 as one o ...
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U.S. Route 6
U.S. Route 6 (US 6), also called the Grand Army of the Republic Highway, honoring the American Civil War veterans association, is a main route of the U.S. Highway system. While it currently runs east-northeast from Bishop, California, to P ...
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Illinois Route 78
Illinois Route 78 is a major north–south highway in western Illinois. It runs from Illinois Route 104 northwest of Jacksonville north to Highway 78 at the Wisconsin state line north of Warren. This is a distance of .
Route description Ja ...
Landmarks
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Hennepin Canal Parkway State Park
The Hennepin Canal State Trail, also just called the Hennepin Canal, is an abandoned waterway in northwest Illinois, between the Mississippi River at Rock Island and the Illinois River near Hennepin. The entire canal is listed on the National R ...
(east edge)
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Johnson Sauk Trail State Park
Johnson-Sauk Trail State Recreation Area is an Illinois state park on in Henry County, Illinois, United States
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(north half)
Demographics
School districts
* Annawan Community Unit School District 226
* Kewanee Community Unit School District 229
Political districts
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Illinois's 14th congressional district
The 14th congressional district of Illinois is currently represented by Democrat Lauren Underwood. It is located in northern Illinois, surrounding the outer northern and western suburbs of Chicago.
Geographic boundaries 2011 redistricting
Afte ...
* State House District 74
* State Senate District 37
References
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United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line ShapefilesUnited States National Atlas
External links
Township Officials of Illinois
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Townships in Henry County, Illinois
Townships in Illinois