Atkinson Township is one of twenty-four
townships
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Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...
in
Henry County,
Illinois
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,
USA
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. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,274 and it contained 592 housing units.
Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.74%) is land and (or 0.26%) is water.
Cities, towns, villages
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Atkinson Atkinson may refer to:
Places
*Atkinson, Nova Scotia, Canada
* Atkinson, Dominica, a village in Dominica
*Atkinson, Illinois, U.S.
* Atkinson, Indiana, U.S.
*Atkinson, Maine, U.S.
*Atkinson Lake, a lake in Minnesota, U.S.
*Atkinson, Nebraska, U. ...
(partial)
Adjacent townships
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Loraine Township (north)
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Yorktown Township (northeast)
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Alba Township (east)
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Annawan Township (southeast)
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Cornwall Township (south)
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Munson Township (southwest)
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Geneseo Township (west)
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Phenix Township (northwest)
Cemeteries
The township contains Spring Creek Cemetery.
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 ...
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 ...
(west half)
Demographics
School districts
* Geneseo Community Unit School District 228
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 90
* State Senate District 45
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