Fairview Township, Fulton County, Illinois

Fairview Township
—  Township  —
Location in Fulton County
Fulton County's location in Illinois
Coordinates: 40°40′09″N 90°09′02″W
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Fulton
Established	November 6, 1849
Area
• Total	35.99 sq mi (93.21 km2)
• Land	35.58 sq mi (92.15 km2)
• Water	0.41 sq mi (1.06 km2)  1.14%
Elevation	696 ft (212 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	708
• Density	19.9/sq mi (7.7/km2)
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP codes	61432, 61520, 61531, 61544
GNIS feature ID	0428988

Fairview Township is one of twenty-six townships in Fulton County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 708.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, Fairview Township covers an area of 35.99 square miles (93.2 km²); of this, 0.41 square miles (1.1 km²) or 1.14 percent is water.

Cities, towns, villages

• Fairview
• Oak Mound (no longer exists)
• Parrville

Cemeteries

The township contains these five cemeteries: Coal Creek, Fairview, Lyons, Markley and Shumaker.

Major highways

• Illinois Route 97
• Illinois Route 116

School districts

• Farmington Central Community Unit School District 265
• Spoon River Valley Community Unit School District 4

Political districts

• Illinois' 17th congressional district
• State House District 91
• State Senate District 46

References

• "Fairview 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:0428988. Retrieved 2010-01-16. 
• United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
• United States National Atlas

External links

• City-Data.com
• Illinois State Archives