Cass Township, Fulton County, Illinois

Cass Township
—  Township  —
Location in Fulton County
Fulton County's location in Illinois
Coordinates: 40°29′41″N 90°16′54″W
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Fulton
Established	November 6, 1849
Area
• Total	39.56 sq mi (102.45 km2)
• Land	39.41 sq mi (102.08 km2)
• Water	0.15 sq mi (0.38 km2)  0.37%
Elevation	630 ft (192 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	642
• Density	16.3/sq mi (6.3/km2)
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP codes	61427, 61477, 61542
GNIS feature ID	0428775

Cass Township is one of twenty-six townships in Fulton County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 642.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, Cass Township covers an area of 39.56 square miles (102.5 km²); of this, 0.15 square miles (0.39 km²) or 0.37 percent is water.

Cities, towns, villages

• Smithfield

Unincorporated towns

• Buckeye
• Poverty Ridge

(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)

• Totten Prairie
• Gobbler's Knob
• Travis was an old town site near Poverty Ridge which was near seville and the old fuller mill. It is said that the foundation of the mill can still be found. Travis did not become nothing but an old forgotten town site which never organized.

Cemeteries

The township contains these six cemeteries: Baughman, Buckeye, Fuller, Henderson, Howard and Sinnett Chapel.

Major highways

• Illinois Route 95

School districts

• Community Unit School District 3 Fulton City

Political districts

• Illinois' 17th congressional district
• State House District 94
• State Senate District 47

References

• "Cass Township, Fulton County, Illinois". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:0428775. Retrieved 2010-01-16. 
• United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
• United States Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)
• United States National Atlas

External links

• City-Data.com
• Illinois State Archives