Martinton Township, Iroquois County, Illinois

Martinton Township
—  Township  —
Location in Iroquois County
Iroquois County's location in Illinois
Coordinates: 40°54′04″N 87°44′18″W
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Iroquois
Established	September 1857
Area
• Total	54.42 sq mi (140.95 km2)
• Land	54.24 sq mi (140.48 km2)
• Water	0.18 sq mi (0.47 km2)  0.33%
Elevation	623 ft (190 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	1,063
• Density	19.6/sq mi (7.6/km2)
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP codes	60912, 60931, 60951, 60970
GNIS feature ID	0429334

Martinton Township is one of twenty-six townships in Iroquois County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,063. Buchanan Township formed from a portion of Papineau Township, then known as Wygant Township, in September 1857; its name was changed to Martinton Township on an unknown date.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, Martinton Township covers an area of 54.42 square miles (140.9 km²); of this, 54.24 square miles (140.5 km²) (99.67 percent) is land and 0.18 square miles (0.47 km²) (0.33 percent) is water.

Cities, towns, villages

• Martinton

Extinct towns

• Freedville at 40.8608677°N 87.7430898°W / 40.8608677; -87.7430898

Cemeteries

The township contains these four cemeteries: Greentown, Mount Olivet, Old Burg and Teege.

Major highways

• U.S. Route 52
• Illinois Route 1

School districts

• Donovan Community Unit School District 3
• Iroquois County Community Unit School District 9

Political districts

• Illinois' 15th congressional district
• State House District 79
• State Senate District 40

References

• "Martinton 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:0429334. Retrieved 2010-01-17. 
• United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
• United States National Atlas

External links

• City-Data.com
• Illinois State Archives