Cartwright Township is located in

Sangamon County Sangamon County is located in the center of the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2010 census, it had a population of 197,465. Its county seat and largest city is Springfield, the state capital. Sangamon County is included in the Spr ...

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. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,482 and it contained 615 housing units. The township is named after pioneer missionary and

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minister Peter Cartwright, who lived in the township and is buried there. A United Methodist congregation within the limits of Pleasant Plains also bears his name. The most populated area of Cartwright Township is the town of

Pleasant Plains, Illinois Pleasant Plains is a village in Sangamon County, Illinois, United States. The population was 802 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Springfield, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography Pleasant Plains is located at (39.874221, -89.92 ...

. Pleasant Plains has approximately 800 residents within its boundaries. The rest of the township is dotted with farmsteads and crop fields. Cartwright Township is known for its rich, fertile land and its agricultural roots. It is also the original home of Brandt Professional Agriculture now located in Springfield, IL. Brandts is a worldwide corporation that was a pioneer in agricultural fertilizer and is still the leader today. As well as Pleasant Plains, Cartwright Township is also the home of

Clayville, Illinois Clayville is a former roadside hamlet, inhabited from 1824 into the 1850s, located in Cartwright Township, Sangamon County, Illinois, Cartwright Township near Pleasant Plains, Illinois, Pleasant Plains, Illinois, United States. The settlement was ne ...

, an Illinois frontier ghost town (1824). The former settlement's brick

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has been preserved by the township historical society.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.94%) is land and (or 0.06%) is water.

Demographics

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External links

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