Lee Township, Fulton County, Illinois

Lee Township
—  Township  —
Location in Fulton County
Fulton County's location in Illinois
Coordinates: 40°35′14″N 90°23′31″W
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Fulton
Established	November 6, 1849
Area
• Total	37.21 sq mi (96.37 km2)
• Land	37.21 sq mi (96.37 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km2)  0%
Elevation	633 ft (193 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	257
• Density	6.9/sq mi (2.7/km2)
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP codes	61415, 61431, 61459, 61477
GNIS feature ID	0429240

Lee Township is one of twenty-six townships in Fulton County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 257.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, Lee Township covers an area of 37.21 square miles (96.4 km²).

Unincorporated towns

• Babylon
• Checkrow
• Manley

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

Extinct towns

• Virgil
• Oak Grove

Cemeteries

The township contains these six cemeteries: Barnes, Checkrow, Guernsey, Peirsol, Rigdon and Virgil.

Peirsol Cemetery was a family cemetery which many at one time scattered the county. Like many it was abandoned & is in poor condition if not destroyed.

Guernsey Cemetery is a cemetery off route 9,it too is in very poor condition & overgrown with brush.

Major highways

• Illinois Route 9
• Illinois Route 41

School districts

• Avon Community Unit School District 176
• Bushnell Prairie City Community Unit School District 170
• Spoon River Valley Community Unit School District 4

Political districts

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

References

• "Lee 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:0429240. Retrieved 2010-01-16. 
• United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
• United States National Atlas

External links

• City-Data.com
• Illinois State Archives