Walnut Grove Township is one of twenty-one

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 ...

in Knox County,

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. As of the 2010 census, its population was 770 and it contained 329 housing units.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.66%) is land and (or 0.34%) is water.

Cities, towns, villages

* Altona

Cemeteries

The township contains these three cemeteries: Altona, Larson and Walnut Grove.

Demographics

School districts

* Rowva Community Unit School District 208

Political districts

Illinois's 18th congressional district The 18th congressional district of Illinois covered central and western Illinois, including all of Jacksonville and Quincy and parts of Bloomington, Peoria, and Springfield. It was last represented by Republican Darin LaHood, who took offi ...

* State House District 74 * State Senate District 37

References

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United States Census Bureau 2009 TIGER/Line Shapefiles

United States National Atlas

External links

Township Officials of Illinois
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