Carman Township, Henderson County, Illinois
Encyclopedia
Carman Township is one of eleven townships
Civil township
A civil township is a widely used unit of local government in the United States, subordinate to, and geographic divisions of, a county. Specific responsibilities and the degree of autonomy vary based on each state. Civil townships are distinct from survey townships, but in states that have both,...

 in Henderson County, Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...

, USA
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

. As of the 2000 census
United States Census, 2000
The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...

, its population was 366.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data...

, Carman Township covers an area of 26.35 square miles (68.2 km²); of this, 21.99 square miles (57 km²) (83.46 percent) is land and 4.36 square miles (11.3 km²) (16.53 percent) is water.

Unincorporated towns

  • Carman
    Carman, Illinois
    Carman is an unincorporated village in Carman Township, Henderson County, Illinois, USA....

     at 40.740596°N 91.0595879°W
  • Carthage Lake at 40.7905951°N 91.0754221°W
  • Heapsville at 40.7597623°N 91.0718107°W
  • Shokokon
    Shokokon, Illinois
    Shokokon is an unincorporated town in Carman Township, Henderson County, Illinois, USA.-Geography:Shokokon is located at at an elevation of 528 feet....

     at 40.7475403°N 91.0743107°W
  • Yellow Banks at 40.7303183°N 91.0812551°W

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

Extinct towns

  • Silver Lake at 40.763929°N 91.0643105°W

(These towns are listed as "historical" by the USGS.)

Lakes

  • Brush Lake
  • Carthage Lake
  • Fish Lake
  • Goose Lake
  • Lily Lake
  • Long Lake
  • Millman Lake
  • Orchard City Lake
  • Rhodes Lake
  • Silver Lake

Political districts

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

External links

The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
 
x
OK