Crooked Creek Township, Cumberland County, Illinois
Encyclopedia
Crooked Creek Township is one of eight townships
in Cumberland County, Illinois
, USA
. As of the 2000 census
, its population was 427.
, Crooked Creek Township covers an area of 34.16 square miles (88.5 km²).
Civil township
A civil township is a widely used unit of local government in the United States, subordinate to, and geographic divisions of, a county. Specific responsibilities and the degree of autonomy vary based on each state. Civil townships are distinct from survey townships, but in states that have both,...
in Cumberland County, Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
, USA
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. As of the 2000 census
United States Census, 2000
The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...
, its population was 427.
Geography
According to the United States Census BureauUnited States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data...
, Crooked Creek Township covers an area of 34.16 square miles (88.5 km²).
Unincorporated towns
- Hazel DellHazel Dell, IllinoisHazel Dell is an unincorporated community in Cumberland County, Illinois, United States. Hazel Dell is east-southeast of Greenup....
at 39.2022607°N 88.0411461°W
Cemeteries
The township contains these five cemeteries: Church of Christ, Church of God, Duck Pond, Ruffner and Washington.Major highways
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U.S. Route 40U.S. Route 40U.S. Route 40 is an east–west United States highway. As with most routes whose numbers end in a zero, U.S. 40 once traversed the entire United States. It is one of the original 1920s U.S. Highways, and its first termini were San Francisco, California, and Atlantic City, New Jersey... -
Illinois Route 49Illinois Route 49Illinois Route 49 is a north–south state highway in east-central Illinois. It runs from Willow Hill at Illinois Route 33 north to the beginning of the U.S. Route 45/52 concurrency near Ashkum. This is a distance of .- Route description :...
School districts
- Casey-Westfield Community Unit School District 4c
- Cumberland Community Unit School District 77
- Jasper County Community Unit School District 1