South Fillmore Township was a
civil township
A civil township is a widely used unit of local government in the United States that is subordinate to a county, most often in the northern and midwestern parts of the country. The term town is used in New England, New York, and Wisconsin to ref ...
of
Montgomery County,
Illinois
Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolita ...
, United States, including the community of
Van Burensburg. It consisted of the northern two-thirds of
survey Township
A survey township, sometimes called a Congressional township or just township, as used by the United States Public Land Survey System, is a nominally-square area of land that is nominally six U.S. survey miles (about 9.66 km) on a side. E ...
7 North, Range 2 West of the
Third Principal Meridian.
History
It was split from
Fillmore Township in 1921,
and annexed back into Fillmore Township in May 2017.
As of the 2010 Census, its population was 244 and it contained 116 housing units in a total area of , all land.
In November 2016, voters passed a
referendum
A referendum (plural: referendums or less commonly referenda) is a direct vote by the electorate on a proposal, law, or political issue. This is in contrast to an issue being voted on by a representative. This may result in the adoption of a ...
to consolidate South Fillmore Township into Fillmore Township as of the May 2017 township elections.
Adjacent townships
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Fillmore Township (north)
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Shafter Township, Fayette County (east)
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Mulberry Grove Township, Bond County (south)
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Lagrange Township, Bond County (southwest)
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East Fork Township (west & northwest)
References
External links
City-data.comHistorical Society of Montgomery County
1921 establishments in Illinois
2017 disestablishments in Illinois
Former townships in Illinois
Former populated places in Illinois
Townships in Montgomery County, Illinois
Populated places disestablished in 2017
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