Montgomery Township, Crawford County, Illinois
Encyclopedia
Montgomery Township is one of ten townships
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 Crawford County, Illinois
Illinois
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, USA
United States
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. As of the 2000 census
United States Census, 2000
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, its population was 736.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
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, Montgomery Township covers an area of 54.5 square miles (141.2 km²); of this, 0.45 square miles (1.2 km²) or 0.84 percent is water. The Wabash River
Wabash River
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 defines its eastern border.

Unincorporated towns

  • Crawfordsville
    Crawfordsville, Illinois
    Crawfordsville is a ghost town in Crawford County, Illinois, United States. Crawfordsville was south of Flat Rock, and about the same distance north of Birds. The townsite lies on both sides of the dividing line between Honey Creek Township and Montgomery Township....

  • Heathsville
    Heathsville, Illinois
    Heathsville is an unincorporated community in Crawford County, Illinois, United States. Heathsville is located on Illinois Route 33 east of Flat Rock....

  • Morea
    Morea, Illinois
    Morea is an unincorporated community in Crawford County, Illinois, United States. Morea is northeast of Flat Rock....

  • Oil Grove
    Oil Grove, Illinois
    Oil Grove is an unincorporated community in Crawford County, Illinois, United States. Oil Grove is southeast of Flat Rock....


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

Cemeteries

The township contains these twenty-three cemeteries: Allen, Baker, Bartmess, Bennett, Dickerson, Ferrell, Ford, Fuller, Ganies, Green, Green Hill, Hale, Higgins, Johnson, Lackey, Maddox, Morea, Norton, Pleasant View, Seaney, Shaw, Tobey and Wesley Chapel.

School districts

  • Lawrence County Community Unit District 20
  • Palestine Community Unit School District 3
  • Robinson Community Unit School District 2

Political districts

  • Illinois' 15th congressional district
    Illinois' 15th congressional district
    The 15th Congressional District of Illinois is located in eastern Illinois. It includes the cities of Charleston, Urbana, Danville, and Champaign, and all or parts of Livingston, Iroquois, Ford, McLean, DeWitt, Champaign, Vermillion, Macon, Piatt, Douglas, Edgar, Moultrie, Coles, Cumberland,...

  • State House District 109
  • State Senate District 55

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