Goose Creek Township is a

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Ameren Ameren Corporation is an American power company created December 31, 1997, by the merger of St. Louis, Missouri's Union Electric Company (formerly NYSE: UEP) and the neighboring Central Illinois Public Service Company (CIPSCO Inc. holding, form ...

's Goose Creek Energy Center, a

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(CTG) power plant, is located in Goose Creek Township.http://www.ameren.com/source/AboutUs/Pages/ADC_CTGs.aspx

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.96%) is land and (or 0.02%) is water.

Cities and towns

* De Land

Extinct towns

* Combs

Adjacent townships

* Santa Anna Township, DeWitt County (north) * Blue Ridge Township (northeast) * Sangamon Township (east) * Monticello Township (southeast) * Willow Branch Township (south) * Friends Creek Township, Macon County (southwest) * Nixon Township, DeWitt County (west) * DeWitt Township, DeWitt County (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains eight cemeteries: Deland, Dillow Family, Dooley Family, Kentuck, Marquiss, Morain, Mosgrove and Old Monticello.

Major highways

Illinois State Route 10 Illinois Route 10 (IL 10) is an arterial east–west state highway that runs from rural Mason County east to Champaign, a distance of . Route description Illinois 10 starts at US 136 about 12 miles east of Havana. The highway heads south to ...

Illinois State Route 48 Illinois Route 48 (IL 48) is an north–south state highway with its southern terminus at Interstate 55 (I-55) and IL 127 in Raymond and its northern terminus at IL 54 east of Clinton. Route description IL 48 t ...

References

External links

US-Counties.com

U.S. Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)

United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files
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