Goose Creek Township is a

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Ameren Ameren Corporation is an American power company created December 31, 1997, by the merger of Union Electric Company (formerly NYSE: UEP) of St. Louis, Missouri and the neighboring Central Illinois Public Service Company (CIPSCO Inc. holding, for ...

's Goose Creek Energy Center, a

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(CTG) power plant, is located in Goose Creek Township.http://www.ameren.com/source/AboutUs/Pages/ADC_CTGs.aspx

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.96%) is land and (or 0.02%) is water.

Cities and towns

* De Land

Adjacent townships

* Santa Anna Township, DeWitt County (north) * Blue Ridge Township (northeast) * Sangamon Township (east) * Monticello Township (southeast) * Willow Branch Township (south) * Friends Creek Township, Macon County (southwest) * Nixon Township, DeWitt County (west) * DeWitt Township, DeWitt County (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains eight cemeteries: Deland, Dillow Family, Dooley Family, Kentuck, Marquiss, Morain, Mosgrove and Old Monticello.

Major highways

Illinois State Route 10 * Illinois 48

Illinois State Route 48

References

External links

US-Counties.com

U.S. Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)

United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files
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