Carthage Township, Hancock County, Illinois

Township in Illinois, United States

Carthage Township

Township

Location in Hancock County

Hancock County's location in Illinois

Coordinates: 40°24′54″N 91°05′23″W﻿ / ﻿40.41500°N 91.08972°W﻿ / 40.41500; -91.08972
Country|  United States
State|  Illinois
County| Hancock
Established| November 6, 1849
Area

• Total| 40.3 sq mi (104 km2)
• Land| 40.21 sq mi (104.1 km2)
• Water| 0.08 sq mi (0.2 km2)  0.20%
Elevation

| 643 ft (196 m)
Population

(2010)

• Estimate

(2016)[1]

| 2,982
• Density| 75.9/sq mi (29.3/km2)
Time zone| UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)| UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code|

62321

FIPS code| 17-067-11540

Carthage Township is one of twenty-four townships in Hancock County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,052 and it contained 1,507 housing units.[2]

## Geography[edit]

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 40.3 square miles (104 km2), of which 40.21 square miles (104.1 km2) (or 99.78%) is land and 0.08 square miles (0.21 km2) (or 0.20%) is water.[2]

### Cities, towns, villages[edit]

* Carthage

### Unincorporated towns[edit]

* Middle Creek at 40°22′22″N 91°01′38″W﻿ / ﻿40.3728219°N 91.0273601°W﻿ / 40.3728219; -91.0273601

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

### Cemeteries[edit]

The township contains these seven cemeteries: Barnes, County Farm, Franklin, Moss Ridge, Old Brick, Old Carthage and Woodring.

### Major highways[edit]

* U.S. Route 136
* Illinois Route 336
* Illinois Route 94

### Airports and landing strips[edit]

* Memorial Hospital Heliport

### Landmarks[edit]

* Jaycee Park

## Demographics[edit]

Historical population Census| Pop.| Note| %±

|
|
|

1860| 1,679| | —
1870| 2,448| | 45.8%
1880| 2,679| | 9.4%
2016 (est.)| 2,982| [1]|
U.S. Decennial Census[3]

## School districts[edit]

* Southeastern Community Unit School District 337

## Political districts[edit]

* Illinois's 18th congressional district
* State House District 94
* State Senate District 47

## References[edit]

* United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
* "Carthage Township". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved September 20, 2009.
* 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 Carthage Township, Hancock County, Illinois

| Rock Creek Township | Pilot Grove Township | Fountain Green Township

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Prairie Township |

Carthage Township

| Hancock Township
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Bear Creek Township | Harmony Township | St. Mary Township

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Municipalities and communities of Hancock County, Illinois, United States

County seat: Carthage

Cities|

* Carthage
* Dallas City‡
* Hamilton
* La Harpe
* Nauvoo
* Warsaw

Map of Illinois highlighting Hancock County

Town|

* Bentley

Villages|

* Augusta
* Basco
* Bowen
* Elvaston
* Ferris
* Plymouth‡
* Pontoosuc
* West Point

Townships|

* Appanoose
* Augusta
* Bear Creek
* Carthage
* Chili
* Dallas City
* Durham
* Fountain Green
* Hancock
* Harmony
* La Harpe
* Montebello
* Nauvoo
* Pilot Grove
* Pontoosuc
* Prairie
* Rock Creek
* Rocky Run-Wilcox
* Sonora
* St. Albans
* St. Mary's
* Walker
* Warsaw
* Wythe

CDP|

* Niota

Other
communities|

* Adrian
* Breckenridge
* Burnside
* Chili
* Colusa
* Denver
* Disco
* Durham
* Elderville
* Fountain Green
* Joetta
* La Crosse
* McCall
* Middle Creek
* Old Niota
* Powellton
* St. Mary
* Stillwell
* Sutter
* Tioga
* Webster

Footnotes|

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

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