Ewing Township is one of twelve townships

Civil township

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 in Franklin County

Franklin County, Illinois

Franklin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 39,561, which is an increase of 1.4% from 39,018 in 2000. Its county seat is Benton.-History:...

, Illinois

Illinois

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, USA

United States

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. As of the 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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, its population was 1,391.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau

United States Census Bureau

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, Ewing Township covers an area of 38 square miles (98.4 km²); of this, 1.74 square miles (4.5 km²) or 4.57 percent is water. The east portion of the Wayne Fitzgerrell State Recreation Area

Wayne Fitzgerrell State Recreation Area

The Wayne Fitzgerell State Recreation Area is a 3,300-acre state park bordering Rend Lake near Benton, Illinois. The state park is managed by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources to concentrate on shoreline recreation, including boating, fishing, and picnicking.After Rend Lake was...

 is in this township, as is Rend Lake

Rend Lake

Rend Lake is a -long, -wide southern Illinois reservoir in Franklin and Jefferson Counties near Benton, Illinois. The lake contains 18,900 acres of water, stores of water, and supplies over 15 million gallons of water per day to 300,000 persons in over 60 communities. The reservoir is up to ...

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Cities, towns, villages

• Benton
  Benton, Illinois
  Benton is a city in Franklin County, Illinois, United States. The population was 7,087 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Franklin County. The city is part of the Metro Lakeland area.- History :...
  
   (north quarter)
• Ewing
  Ewing, Illinois
  Ewing is a village in Franklin County, Illinois, United States. The population was 310 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Ewing is located at ....
  
  

Unincorporated towns

• Benton Park
• Whittington
  Whittington, Illinois
  Whittington is an unincorporated community in Franklin County, Illinois, United States. Whittington is located near the eastern shore of Rend Lake and Exit 77 of Interstate 57. It is the site of the headquarters of Wayne Fitzgerrell State Recreation Area. Whittington has a post office with ZIP code...
  
  

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

Cemeteries

The township contains these nine cemeteries: Cypher, Franklin, King, Miller, Overturf, Phillips, Shiloh, Thurmond and Winemiller.

Major highways

• Interstate 57
  Interstate 57
  Interstate 57 is an Interstate Highway in Missouri and Illinois that parallels the old Illinois Central rail line for much of its route. It goes from Miner, Missouri, at Interstate 55 to Chicago, Illinois, at Interstate 94. I-57 essentially serves as a shortcut route for travelers headed between...
  
  
• Illinois Route 14
  Illinois Route 14
  Illinois Route 14 is a major east–west highway in southern Illinois. It runs from U.S. Route 51 south of Du Quoin to the New Harmony Toll Bridge over the Wabash River to State Road 66 at the Indiana state line...
  
  
• Illinois Route 154
  Illinois Route 154
  Illinois Route 154 is an east–west state road in southern Illinois. It runs from Illinois Route 3 in Red Bud to Illinois Route 37 in Whittington. This is a distance of .- Route description :...
  
  

Political districts

• Illinois' 12th congressional district
  Illinois' 12th congressional district
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• State House District 117
• State Senate District 59

External links

• City-Data.com
• Illinois State Archives