Wheatland Township, Fayette County, Illinois

Wheatland Township
—  Township  —
Location in Fayette County
Fayette County's location in Illinois
Coordinates: 38°57′21″N 88°51′34″W
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Fayette
Established	November 9, 1859
Area
• Total	36.67 sq mi (94.98 km2)
• Land	36.63 sq mi (94.88 km2)
• Water	0.04 sq mi (0.1 km2)  0.11%
Elevation	584 ft (178 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	490
• Density	13.4/sq mi (5.2/km2)
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP codes	62418, 62458, 62838, 62857, 62880
GNIS feature ID	0429925

Wheatland Township is one of twenty townships in Fayette County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 490.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, Wheatland Township covers an area of 36.67 square miles (95.0 km²); of this, 0.04 square miles (0.10 km²) or 0.11 percent is water.

Unincorporated towns

• Saint James

Cemeteries

The township contains these five cemeteries: German Reformed, Lovett, Old Loogootee, Sidener and Stein.

Major highways

• Interstate 70
• Illinois Route 185

School districts

• Brownstown Community Unit School District 201
• Saint Elmo Community Unit School District 202

Political districts

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

References

• "Wheatland Township, Fayette County, Illinois". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:0429925. Retrieved 2010-01-16. 
• United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
• United States National Atlas

External links

• City-Data.com
• Illinois State Archives