Derinda Township is one of twenty-three

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in Jo Daviess County,

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. As of the 2010 census, its population was 321 and it contained 176 housing units. Derinda Township was named in the 1850s for Derinda Barr, the wife of an early settler.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.84%) is land and (or 0.16%) is water.

Adjacent townships

* Woodbine Township (north) * Stockton Township (northeast) * Pleasant Valley Township (east) * Woodland Township, Carroll County (southeast) * Washington Township, Carroll County (south) * Hanover Township (west) * Elizabeth Township (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains these four cemeteries: Albright/Fehler, Massbach/St. John's Evangelical Lutheran, Trinity Lutheran/Derinda Center, and Morrison/Derinda Methodist.

Demographics

School districts

* River Ridge Community Unit School District 210 * Stockton Community Unit School District 206 * West Carroll Community Unit School District 314

Political districts

Illinois' 16th congressional district The 16th congressional district of Illinois is represented by Republican Darin LaHood. Geographic boundaries 2011 redistricting The congressional district covers parts of DeKalb, Ford, Stark, Will and Winnebago counties, and all of Boone, Bu ...

* State House District 89 * State Senate District 45

References

*
United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles

United States National Atlas

External links

Jo Daviess County official site

Township Officials of Illinois
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