Leepertown Township is one of twenty-five 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 Bureau County

Bureau County, Illinois

Bureau County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 34,978, which is a decrease of 1.5% from 35,503 in 2000. Its county seat is Princeton. Bureau County is part of the Ottawa–Streator Micropolitan Statistical Area...

, Illinois

Illinois

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, USA

United States

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. 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 408. Leepertown Township changed its name from Leipertown Township on an unknown date.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau

United States Census Bureau

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, Leepertown Township covers an area of 18.45 square miles (47.8 km²); of this, 3.08 square miles (8 km²) or 16.7 percent is water.

Cities

• Bureau Junction
  Bureau Junction, Illinois
  Bureau Junction, usually called Bureau, is a village in Bureau County, Illinois, United States. The population was 368 at the 2000 census. Though its official name is Bureau Junction, the village is more commonly called Bureau, and Bureau is the main name used by phone companies, the federal Board...
  
  
• De Pue
  De Pue, Illinois
  De Pue is a village in Bureau County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,842 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Ottawa–Streator Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:De Pue is located at ....
  
   (southwest edge)

Major highways

• Interstate 180
  Interstate 180
  Interstate 180 may refer to:*Interstate 180 , a short spur in rural northern Illinois*Interstate 180 , a spur into Lincoln, Nebraska*Interstate 180 , a spur to Williamsport, Pennsylvania...
  
  
• Illinois Route 26
  Illinois Route 26
  Illinois Route 26 is a north–south state road in central and north-central Illinois. It runs from Illinois Route 116 just north of East Peoria to Highway 69 at the Wisconsin border near Orangeville. This is a distance of .- Route description :...
  
  
• Illinois Route 29
  Illinois Route 29
  Illinois Route 29 is a two to four lane state road that runs south from U.S. Route 6/Illinois Route 89 at Spring Valley to U.S. Route 51/Illinois Route 16 at Pana, running through Pekin, Peoria and Springfield. The nearest major north–south highway, Interstate 39, runs parallel to Illinois...
  
  

Political districts

• Illinois' 11th congressional district
  Illinois' 11th congressional district
  The 11th Congressional District of Illinois includes the towns of Joliet, Bloomington, Normal, Kankakee, LaSalle, Ottawa and Streator, and all or parts of Will, Kankakee, Grundy, LaSalle, Bureau, Woodford and McLean counties...
  
  
• State House District 76
• State Senate District 38

External links

• City-Data.com
• Illinois State Archives