Loraine Township, Henry County, Illinois

Township in Illinois, United States

Loraine Township

Township

Location in Henry County

Henry County's location in Illinois

Coordinates: 41°32′26″N 90°02′09″W﻿ / ﻿41.54056°N 90.03583°W﻿ / 41.54056; -90.03583
Country|  United States
State|  Illinois
County| Henry
Established| November 4, 1856
Area

• Total| 34.7 sq mi (90 km2)
• Land| 34.7 sq mi (90 km2)
• Water| 0 sq mi (0 km2)  0%
Elevation

| 604 ft (184 m)
Population

(2010)

• Estimate

(2016)[1]

| 284
• Density| 8.4/sq mi (3.2/km2)
Time zone| UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)| UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes|

61250, 61254, 61277

FIPS code| 17-073-44732

Loraine Township is one of twenty-four townships in Henry County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 290 and it contained 122 housing units.[2]

## Geography

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According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 34.7 square miles (90 km2), all land.[2]

### Adjacent townships

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* Portland Township, Whiteside County (north)
* Prophetstown Township, Whiteside County (northeast)
* Yorktown Township (east)
* Alba Township (southeast)
* Atkinson Township (south)
* Geneseo Township (southwest)
* Phenix Township (west)

### Cemeteries

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The township contains these three cemeteries: Bowman, Kemmis and Loraine.

### Major highways

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* Illinois Route 92

### Airports and landing strips

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* Christmas Forest Airport

## Demographics

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Historical population Census| Pop.| Note| %±

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2016 (est.)| 284| [1]|
U.S. Decennial Census[3]

## School districts

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* Annawan Community Unit School District 226
* Geneseo Community Unit School District 228
* Prophetstown-Lyndon-Tampico Community Unit School District 3

## Political districts

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

## References

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* United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
* "Loraine Township". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved September 17, 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

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

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Places adjacent to Loraine Township, Henry County, Illinois

|  | Portland Township, Whiteside County | Prophetstown Township, Whiteside County

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Phenix Township |

Loraine Township

| Yorktown Township
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Geneseo Township | Atkinson Township | Alba Township

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Municipalities and communities of Henry County, Illinois, United States

County seat: Cambridge

Cities|

* Colona
* Galva
* Geneseo
* Kewanee

Map of Illinois highlighting Henry County

Towns|

* Annawan
* Atkinson

Villages|

* Alpha
* Andover
* Bishop Hill
* Cambridge
* Cleveland
* Coal Valley‡
* Hooppole
* Orion
* Woodhull

Townships|

* Alba
* Andover
* Annawan
* Atkinson
* Burns
* Cambridge
* Clover
* Colona
* Cornwall
* Edford
* Galva
* Geneseo
* Hanna
* Kewanee
* Loraine
* Lynn
* Munson
* Osco
* Oxford
* Phenix
* Weller
* Western
* Wethersfield
* Yorktown

CDPs|

* Lynn Center
* Nekoma
* Opheim
* Osco

Other
communities|

* Dayton
* Green River

Footnotes|

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

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* United States portal

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