Alto Township, Lee County, Illinois

Township in Illinois, United States

Alto Township

Township

Location in Lee County

Lee County's location in Illinois

Coordinates: 41°50′27″N 88°59′51″W﻿ / ﻿41.84083°N 88.99750°W﻿ / 41.84083; -88.99750
Country|  United States
State|  Illinois
County| Lee
Established| February 28, 1860
Government

• Supervisor| Dennis E. Burkhart
Area

• Total| 34.94 sq mi (90.5 km2)
• Land| 34.9 sq mi (90 km2)
• Water| 0.04 sq mi (0.1 km2)  0.11%
Elevation

| 830 ft (253 m)
Population

(2010)

• Estimate

(2016)[1]

| 534
• Density| 16.2/sq mi (6.3/km2)
Time zone| UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)| UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes|

60530, 60553, 61068

FIPS code| 17-103-01101

Alto Township is one of twenty-two townships in Lee County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 565 and it contained 230 housing units.[2]

## Geography[edit]

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 34.94 square miles (90.5 km2), of which 34.9 square miles (90 km2) (or 99.89%) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km2) (or 0.11%) is water.[2]

### Cities, towns, villages[edit]

* Steward

### Cemeteries[edit]

The township contains these two cemeteries: Steward and Union.

### Airports and landing strips[edit]

* Thompson Landing Strip
* Wilbur Thompson Airport

## Demographics[edit]

Historical population Census| Pop.| Note| %±

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2016 (est.)| 534| [1]|
U.S. Decennial Census[3]

## School districts[edit]

* Indian Creek Community Unit District 425

## Political districts[edit]

* Illinois's 14th congressional district
* State House District 90
* State Senate District 45

## References[edit]

* "Alto Township, Lee County, Illinois". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved November 19, 2010.
* United States Census Bureau 2009 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
* United States National Atlas

1. ^ a b "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.
2. ^ 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.
3. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.

## External links[edit]

* City-Data.com
* Illinois State Archives
* Township Officials of Illinois

Places adjacent to Alto Township, Lee County, Illinois

|  | Dement Township, Ogle County | Malta Township, DeKalb County

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Reynolds Township |

Alto Township

| Milan Township, DeKalb County
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Viola Township | Willow Creek Township | Shabbona Township, DeKalb County

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Municipalities and communities of Lee County, Illinois, United States

County seat: Dixon

Cities|

* Amboy
* Dixon

Map of Illinois highlighting Lee County

Villages|

* Ashton
* Compton
* Franklin Grove
* Harmon
* Lee‡
* Nelson
* Paw Paw
* Steward
* Sublette
* West Brooklyn

Townships|

* Alto
* Amboy
* Ashton
* Bradford
* Brooklyn
* Dixon
* East Grove
* Franklin Grove
* Hamilton
* Harmon
* Lee Center
* Marion
* May
* Nachusa
* Nelson
* Palmyra
* Reynolds
* South Dixon
* Sublette
* Viola
* Willow Creek
* Wyoming

CDPs|

* Lee Center
* Nachusa

Other
communities|

* Binghampton
* East Paw Paw‡
* Eldena
* Kingdom
* Palmyra
* Roxbury
* The Burg
* Twelvemile Corner
* Van Petten
* Welland‡

Footnotes|

‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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