Woodbury Township, Cumberland County, Illinois
Encyclopedia
Woodbury Township is one of eight townships
in Cumberland County, Illinois
, USA
. As of the 2000 census
, its population was 684.
, Woodbury Township covers an area of 22.7 square miles (58.8 km²); of this, 22.69 square miles (58.8 km²) (99.97 percent) is land and 0.01 square mile (0.0258998811 km²) (0.03 percent) is water. Woodbury Lake is in this township.
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 684.
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...
, Woodbury Township covers an area of 22.7 square miles (58.8 km²); of this, 22.69 square miles (58.8 km²) (99.97 percent) is land and 0.01 square mile (0.0258998811 km²) (0.03 percent) is water. Woodbury Lake is in this township.
Unincorporated towns
- WoodburyWoodbury, IllinoisWoodbury is an unincorporated community in Cumberland County, Illinois, United States. Woodbury is located on U.S. Route 40 west-southwest of Jewett....
at 39.1958729°N 88.3030983°W
Major highways
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Interstate 70Interstate 70Interstate 70 is an Interstate Highway in the United States that runs from Interstate 15 near Cove Fort, Utah, to a Park and Ride near Baltimore, Maryland. It was the first Interstate Highway project in the United States. I-70 approximately traces the path of U.S. Route 40 east of the Rocky... -
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...
School districts
- Cumberland Community Unit School District 77
- Dieterich Community Unit School District 30