Loda Township, Iroquois County, Illinois

Loda Township
—  Township  —
Location in Iroquois County
Iroquois County's location in Illinois
Coordinates: 40°31′47″N 88°03′10″W
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Iroquois
Established	November 6, 1855
Area
• Total	38.76 sq mi (100.4 km2)
• Land	38.47 sq mi (99.65 km2)
• Water	0.29 sq mi (0.75 km2)  0.75%
Elevation	738 ft (225 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	1,392
• Density	36.2/sq mi (14/km2)
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP codes	60918, 60924, 60948, 60957
GNIS feature ID	0429273

Loda Township is one of twenty-six townships in Iroquois County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,392.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, Loda Township covers an area of 38.76 square miles (100.4 km²); of this, 38.47 square miles (99.6 km²) (99.25 percent) is land and 0.29 square miles (0.75 km²) (0.75 percent) is water.

Cities, towns, villages

• Loda

Cemeteries

The township contains Pine Ridge Cemetery.

Major highways

• Interstate 57
• U.S. Route 45

Lakes

• Bayles Lake
• Lake Irquois

School districts

• Cissna Park Community Unit School District 6
• Paxton-Buckley-Loda Community Unit School District 10

Political districts

• Illinois' 15th congressional district
• State House District 105
• State Senate District 53

References

• "Loda Township, Iroquois County, Illinois". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:0429273. Retrieved 2010-01-17. 
• United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
• United States National Atlas

External links

• City-Data.com
• Illinois State Archives