Farmers Township is one of twenty-six
townships
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Fulton County Fulton County is the name of eight counties in the United States of America. Most are named for Robert Fulton, inventor of the first practical steamboat:
*Fulton County, Arkansas, named after Governor William Savin Fulton
*Fulton County, Georgia
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Illinois
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USA
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. As of the 2010 census, its population was 397 and it contained 189 housing units.
Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.86%) is land and (or 0.14%) is water.
Cities, towns, villages
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Table Grove (northeast half)
Cemeteries
The township contains these four cemeteries: Barker, Laurel Hill, Temple and Zoll.
Major highways
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US Route 136
U.S. Route 136 is an east-west U.S. highway that is a spur route of U.S. Route 36. It runs from Edison, Nebraska, at U.S. Route 6 and U.S. Route 34 to the Interstate 74/Interstate 465 interchange in Speedway, Indiana. This is a distance of . US ...
Demographics
School districts
* V I T Community Unit School District 2
Political districts
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Illinois' 17th congressional district
The 17th congressional district of Illinois is represented by Democrat Cheri Bustos. It includes most of the northwestern portion of the state, with most of its population living on the Illinois side of the Quad Cities, as well as parts of Peor ...
* State House District 94
* State Senate District 47
References
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United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line ShapefilesUnited States National Atlas
External links
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Townships in Fulton County, Illinois
Townships in Illinois