Pin Oak Township is located in Madison County,

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, in the

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. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,916 and it contained 1,379 housing units.

History

Pin Oak Township was named from a grove of

pin oak ''Quercus palustris'', also called pin oak, swamp oak, or swamp Spanish oak, is a tree in the red oak section (''Quercus'' sect. ''Lobatae'') of the genus ''Quercus''. Pin oak is one of the most commonly used landscaping oaks in its native rang ...

trees.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 98.70%) is land and (or 1.30%) is water.

Demographics

References

External links

City-data.com
Townships in Madison County, Illinois Townships in Illinois {{MadisonCountyIL-geo-stub