Pleasant Mound Township, Bond County, Illinois

Pleasant Mound Township
—  Township  —
Location in Bond County
Bond County's location in Illinois
Coordinates: 38°52′54″N 89°18′51″W
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Bond
Settlement	November 6, 1888
Area
• Total	37.87 sq mi (98.09 km2)
• Land	37.82 sq mi (97.95 km2)
• Water	0.05 sq mi (0.14 km2)  0.14%
Elevation	561 ft (171 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	1,178
• Density	31.1/sq mi (12/km2)
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP codes	62246, 62262, 62284
GNIS feature ID	0429579

Pleasant Mound Township is one of nine townships in Bond County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,178.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, Pleasant Mound Township covers an area of 37.87 square miles (98.1 km²); of this, 0.05 square miles (0.13 km²) or 0.14 percent is water.

Cities

• Greenville (east quarter)
• Smithboro

Unincorporated towns

• Hamburg
• Pleasant Mound

Cemeteries

The township contains these six cemeteries: Durham, Halls Grove, Maxey, Mulberry Grove, Noffsinger and Seagraves.

Major highways

• Interstate 70
• US Route 40
• Illinois State Route 127
• Illinois State Route 140

School districts

• Bond County Community Unit School District 2
• Mulberry Grove Community Unit School District 1
• Vandalia Community Unit School District 203

Political districts

• Illinois' 19th congressional district
• State House District 102
• State Senate District 51

References

• "Pleasant Mound Township, Bond County, Illinois". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2010-01-04. 
• United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
• United States National Atlas

External links

• City-Data.com
• Illinois State Archives