Isabel Township is one of twenty-six

townships A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...

Fulton County, Illinois Fulton County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2010 census, it had a population of 37,069. Its county seat is Lewistown, and the largest city is Canton. Fulton County comprises the Canton, IL Micropolitan Statisti ...

, USA. At the 2010 census, its population was 192 and it contained 87 housing units.

Administration history

Township Supervisors Town Clerks *Jesse Benson..........1850 Robert G. Mulica..1872-73 *William Craig.....1860 Jesse Benson.........1874-77 *Jesse Benson......1861-69 Stephen J. Benson.1878 *Roland C. Benson..1870 Thomas Brown......1879 *Hugh Murrey... ......1871

Local government

Township Supervisor

*Greg Juergens (2005–Present) *Dennis Barr (2001-2005) *Gary Crum (1989-2001) Appointed *Larry Tarvin (?) Resigned *Carl Gowdy (?)

Town Clerk

*Karen Hazzard (2018–Present) Appointed *Janice Colglazier (2008-2018) Resigned moved out of the township *Pat Robinson (1988-2008)

Road Commissioner

*David Howe (2018–Present) Appointed *Robert Kessler (2017-2018) died August 25, 2018 *Gary Whitmore (2015-2017) Appointed *Matt Stephens (2013-2015) Resigned *Dennis Barr (2005-2013) *Ed Weatherford (1997-2005) *Carrol Weaver (1980-1997)

Trustees

*Monty Graham ( - Present) *Craig Porter ( -Present) *Tracy Tomm (2019–Present) Appointed *Chase Evans (2017–Present)

Mailing Address

P.O. Box 168 Lewistown, IL. 61542

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.52%) is land and (or 0.48%) is water.

Existing towns (unincorporated)

* Duncan Mills - Duncan's Mills is a small place of business with a post office on the Spoon River, deriving its name from the gris-tmill at the point formerly owned and operated by George Duncan, an early settler there, and a very highly respected citizen. From 1840 to 1855, perhaps for a greater length of time, his was the largest grist-mill within a radius of 15 to 20 miles.

Extinct towns

* Otto * Spoon River village * West Havana * Point Isabel was an old shipping point on the Illinois River, at the mouth of the Spoon River and directly across from Havana, and was the southern terminus of the Fulton County Narrow Gauge railway connecting to Fairview and Galesburg. * Bessler's Station (aka Barrett's Station) was a station on the Narrow Gauge Railroad until 1910.

Cemeteries

The township contains six cemeteries: Duncan, Farris, Foutch, Freeman, Kearney and Otto.

Major highways

US Route 24 U.S. Route 24 (US 24) is one of the original United States highways of 1926. It originally ran from Pontiac, Michigan, in the east to Kansas City, Missouri, in the west. Today, the highway's eastern terminus is in Independence Township, Mich ...

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 ...

Illinois Route 78 Illinois Route 78 is a major north–south highway in western Illinois. It runs from Illinois Route 104 northwest of Jacksonville north to Highway 78 at the Wisconsin state line north of Warren. This is a distance of . Route description Ja ...

Illinois Route 100 Illinois Route 100 (IL-100) is a state highway in the southwest Illinois. It generally parallels the Illinois River. Starting in downtown Alton, it trends northward to Buckheart Township near Canton. It makes up much of the Illinois River Roa ...

Demographics

School districts

* Lewistown School District 97

Political districts

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 Peo ...

* State House District 94 * State Senate District 47

References

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United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles

United States National Atlas

External links

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