Loda Township is one of twenty-six

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in Iroquois County,

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. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,461 and it contained 790 housing units.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.26%) is land and (or 0.74%) is water.

Cities, towns, villages

* Loda

Cemeteries

The township contains Pine Ridge Cemetery.

Major highways

Interstate 57 Interstate 57 (I-57) is a north–south Interstate Highway in Missouri and Illinois that parallels the old Illinois Central Railroad for much of its route. It runs from Sikeston, Missouri, at I-55 to Chicago, Illinois, at I-94. I-57 essen ...

U.S. Route 45 U.S. Route 45 (US 45) is a major north-south United States highway and a border-to-border route, from Lake Superior to the Gulf of Mexico. A sign at the highway's northern terminus notes the total distance as . US 45 is notable for incorporatin ...

Lakes

* Bayles Lake *

Lake Iroquois Lake Iroquois can refer to: *Lake Iroquois (South Dakota) * Lake Iroquois (Vermont) in Vermont in the United States * Lake Iroquois, Illinois in Iroquois County in Illinois in the United States *Glacial Lake Iroquois Glacial Lake Iroquois was a p ...

Demographics

School districts

* Cissna Park Community Unit School District 6 * Paxton-Buckley-Loda Community Unit School District 10

Political districts

* Illinois' 15th congressional district * State House District 105 * State Senate District 53

References

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United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles

United States National Atlas

External links

{{authority control Townships in Iroquois County, Illinois Townships in Illinois