Goodfarm Township is one of seventeen
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
Grundy County,
Illinois
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,
USA
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. As of the 2010 census, its population was 376 and it contained 141 housing units.
Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.61%) is land and (or 0.39%) is water.
Cities, towns, villages
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Dwight Dwight may refer to:
People
* Dwight (given name)
* Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969), 34th president of the United States and former military officer
*New England Dwight family of American educators, military and political leaders, and authors
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(north quarter)
Cemeteries
The township contains Goodfarm Cemetery.
Major highways
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Interstate 55
Interstate 55 (I-55) is a major Interstate Highway in the central United States. As with most primary Interstates that end in a five, it is a major cross-country, north–south route, connecting the Gulf of Mexico to the Great Lakes. The h ...
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Illinois Route 47
Illinois Route 47 (IL 47) is a largely rural north–south state highway that runs from the Wisconsin state border at Highway 120 near Hebron, to IL 10, just south of Interstate 72 (I-72) near Seymour. IL 47 is in primarily rural ...
Airports and landing strips
* Dwight Airport
Demographics
Political districts
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Illinois' 11th congressional district
The 11th congressional district of Illinois is represented by Democrat Bill Foster.
Geographic boundaries 2011 redistricting
From 1865 to 1867, the district included Bureau, LaSalle, Livingston and Woodford counties. From 1901 until 1947 th ...
(from 2003 to 2013)
* State House District 75
* State Senate District 38
References
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United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line ShapefilesUnited States National Atlas
External links
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Townships in Grundy County, Illinois
Townships in Illinois
1849 establishments in Illinois