Nettle Creek Township (T34N R6E) is one of seventeen

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, C ...

in Grundy County,

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. As of the 2010 census, its population was 503 and it contained 187 housing units.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.92%) is land and (or 0.08%) is water.

Unincorporated towns

* Nettle Creek at (This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)

Cemeteries

The township contains Holderman and Hoge Cemetery.

Major highways

* Interstate 80 *

U.S. Route 6 U.S. Route 6 (US 6), also called the Grand Army of the Republic Highway, honoring the American Civil War veterans association, is a main route of the U.S. Highway system. While it currently runs east-northeast from Bishop, California, to P ...

Demographics

Political districts

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 ...

* State House District 75 * State Senate District 38

References

;Sources *
United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles

United States National Atlas
;Notes

External links

{{Grundy County, Illinois Townships in Grundy County, Illinois 1849 establishments in Illinois Townships in Illinois Populated places established in 1849