New Salem Township, McDonough County, Illinois
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New Salem Township is located in McDonough 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,...
. The population was 412 at the 2000 census. It is Township 5 North, Range 1 West of the Fourth Principal Meridian
Fourth Principal Meridian
The Fourth Principal Meridian, set in 1815, is the principal meridian for land surveys in northwestern Illinois and west-central Illinois, and its 1831 extension is the principal meridian for land surveys in Wisconsin and northeastern Minnesota...
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