Rio Township is one of twenty-one

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in Knox County,

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. As of the 2010 census, its population was 518 and it contained 235 housing units.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , all land.

Cities, towns, villages

Rio Rio or Río is the Portuguese and Spanish word for "river". The word also exists in Italian, but is largely obsolete and used in a poetical or literary context to mean "stream". Rio, RIO or Río may also refer to: Places United States * Rio, Fl ...

Cemeteries

The township contains these four cemeteries: Bruner, Deatherage, Rio Baptist and Rio.

Airports and landing strips

* Johnson Landing Strip

Demographics

School districts

* Rowva Community Unit School District 208 * United Community School District 304

Political districts

Illinois's 17th congressional district The 17th congressional district of Illinois is represented by Democrat Eric Sorensen (politician), Eric Sorensen. It includes most of the northwestern portion of the state, with most of its population living on the Illinois side of the Quad Citi ...

* 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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