Caledonia Township, Boone County, Illinois

Caledonia Township
—  Township  —
Location in Boone County
Boone County's location in Illinois
Coordinates: 42°22′15″N 88°54′06″W
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Boone
Settlement	November 6, 1849
Area
• Total	24.35 sq mi (63.06 km2)
• Land	24.04 sq mi (62.25 km2)
• Water	0.31 sq mi (0.81 km2)  1.28%
Elevation	912 ft (278 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	4,416
• Density	183.7/sq mi (70.9/km2)
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP codes	61008, 61011, 61065
GNIS feature ID	0428749

Caledonia Township is one of nine townships in Boone County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 4,416. Sometime after 1921, Poplar Grove Township was formed from a portion of Caledonia Township.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, Caledonia Township covers an area of 24.35 square miles (63.1 km²); of this, 0.31 square miles (0.80 km²) or 1.28 percent is water.

Cities

• Caledonia
• Loves Park (east edge)
• Poplar Grove (west edge)
• Timberlane (northwest three-quarters)

Extinct towns

• North Caledonia

Cemeteries

The township contains Drake Cemetery.

Major highways

• Illinois State Route 173

School districts

• Belvidere Consolidated Unit School District 100
• North Boone Community Unit School District 200
• Rockford School District 205

Political districts

• Illinois' 16th congressional district
• State House District 69
• State Senate District 35

References

• "Caledonia Township, Boone County, Illinois". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2010-01-04. 
• United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
• United States National Atlas

External links

• City-Data.com
• Illinois State Archives