Mount Carroll Township, Carroll County, Illinois

Mount Carroll Township
—  Township  —
Location in Carroll County
Carroll County's location in Illinois
Coordinates: 42°04′10″N 90°01′52″W / 42.06944°N 90.03111°W / 42.06944; -90.03111Coordinates: 42°04′10″N 90°01′52″W / 42.06944°N 90.03111°W / 42.06944; -90.03111
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Carroll
Government
– Supervisor	Cheri Jo Piper
Area
– Total	37.48 sq mi (97.08 km2)
– Land	37.41 sq mi (96.89 km2)
– Water	0.07 sq mi (0.19 km2)  0.2%
Elevation	807 ft (246 m)
Population (2000)
– Total	2,473
– Density	66.1/sq mi (25.5/km2)
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
– Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP codes	61053, 61074, 61285
GNIS feature ID	0429402

Mount Carroll Township is one of twelve townships in Carroll County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 2,473^[1].

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, Mount Carroll Township covers an area of 37.48 square miles (97.1 km²); of this, 0.07 square miles (0.18 km²) or 0.2 percent is water.

Cities

• Mount Carroll (west three-quarters)

Unincorporated towns

• Burke
• Center Hill
• Hickory Grove
• Wacker

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

Cemeteries

The township contains these three cemeteries: Center Hill, Oak Hill and Wacker.

Major highways

• US Route 52
• Illinois Route 64
• Illinois Route 78

School districts

• West Carroll Community Unit School District 314

Political districts

• Illinois' 16th congressional district
• State House District 71
• State Senate District 36

References

• "Mount Carroll Township, Carroll County, Illinois". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:0429402. Retrieved 2010-01-04. 
• United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
• United States National Atlas

1. ^ United States Census Bureau American FactFinder

External links

• City-Data.com
• Illinois State Archives
• Carroll County official site