Isabel Township, Fulton County, Illinois

Isabel Township
—  Township  —
Location in Fulton County
Fulton County's location in Illinois
Coordinates: 40°18′27″N 90°09′46″W
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Fulton
Established	November 6, 1849
Area
• Total	29.35 sq mi (76 km2)
• Land	29.21 sq mi (75.65 km2)
• Water	0.14 sq mi (0.35 km2)  0.46%
Elevation	495 ft (151 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	206
• Density	7.1/sq mi (2.7/km2)
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP codes	61441, 61501, 61542 62644
GNIS feature ID	0429175

Isabel Township is one of twenty-six townships in Fulton County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 206.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, Isabel Township covers an area of 29.35 square miles (76.0 km²); of this, 0.14 square miles (0.36 km²) or 0.46 percent is water.

Extinct towns

• Duncan Mills
• Otto
• Spoon River village
• West Havana

• Point Isabel
• Bessler's Station (aka Barrett's Station) was a station on the Narrow Gauge Railroad til 1910.

Cemeteries

The township contains these four cemeteries: Foutch, Freeman, Kearney and Otto.

Major highways

• US Route 24
• US Route 136
• Illinois Route 78
• Illinois Route 100

School districts

• Lewistown School District 97

Political districts

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

References

• "Isabel 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:0429175. Retrieved 2010-01-16. 
• United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
• United States National Atlas

External links

• City-Data.com
• Illinois State Archives