Martinton Township, Iroquois County, Illinois

Township in Illinois, United States

40°54′04″N 87°44′18″W / 40.90111°N 87.73833°W / 40.90111; -87.73833CountryUnited StatesStateIllinoisCountyIroquoisEstablishedSeptember 1857Area

• Total54.41 sq mi (140.9 km²) • Land54.22 sq mi (140.4 km²) • Water0.19 sq mi (0.5 km²) 0.35%Elevation

623 ft (190 m)Population

(2010)

• Estimate

(2016)^[1]

904 • Density17.4/sq mi (6.7/km²)Time zoneUTC-6 (CST) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)ZIP codes

60912, 60931, 60951, 60970

FIPS code17-075-47293

Martinton Township is one of twenty-six townships in Iroquois County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 943 and it contained 460 housing units.^[2] Buchanan Township formed from a portion of Papineau Township, then known as Wygant Township, in September 1857; its name was changed to Martinton Township on an unknown date.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 54.41 square miles (140.9 km²), of which 54.22 square miles (140.4 km²) (or 99.65%) is land and 0.19 square miles (0.49 km²) (or 0.35%) is water.^[2]

Cities, towns, villages

Martinton

Extinct towns

Freedville at 40°51′39″N 87°44′35″W / 40.860868°N 87.74309°W / 40.860868; -87.74309

Cemeteries

The township contains these four cemeteries: Greentown, Mount Olivet, Old Burg and Teege.

Major highways

U.S. Route 52
Illinois Route 1

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2016 (est.)	904	^[1]
U.S. Decennial Census^[3]

School districts

Donovan Community Unit School District 3
Iroquois County Community Unit School District 9

Political districts

Illinois' 15th congressional district
State House District 79
State Senate District 40

References

"Martinton Township, Iroquois County, Illinois". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved January 17, 2010.
United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
United States National Atlas

^ ^a ^b "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved May 28, 2013.
^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.