Hanover Township is one of twenty-three

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 Jo Daviess County,

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. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,201 and it contained 689 housing units.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 91.68%) is land and (or 8.32%) is water.

Cities, towns, villages

Hanover Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-largest city in Northern Germany ...

Cemeteries

The township contains Lost Mound Cemetery.

Major highways

Illinois Route 84 Illinois Route 84 (Route 84 or IL 84) is a long state highway that runs along the Mississippi River in northwestern Illinois. Illinois 84 runs from south of Green Rock (now Colona) at U.S. Route 6 to the Wisconsin state line at Highway 80 by H ...

Rivers

Mississippi River The Mississippi River is the second-longest river and chief river of the second-largest drainage system in North America, second only to the Hudson Bay drainage system. From its traditional source of Lake Itasca in northern Minnesota, it fl ...

Landmarks

* Lock and Dam No. 12 of the Mississippi River. * Savanna US Army Depot.

Demographics

School districts

* River Ridge Community Unit School District 210.

Political districts

Illinois' 16th congressional district The 16th congressional district of Illinois is represented by Republican Darin LaHood. Geographic boundaries 2011 redistricting The congressional district covers parts of DeKalb, Ford, Stark, Will and Winnebago counties, and all of Boone, Bu ...

. * State House District 89. * State Senate District 45.

References

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United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles

United States National Atlas

External links

Jo Daviess County official site

Township Officials of Illinois
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