Atkinson Township, Henry County, Illinois

Atkinson Township
Township
Location in Henry County
Henry County's location in Illinois
Coordinates: 41°27′10″N 90°01′30″W / 41.45278°N 90.02500°W / 41.45278; -90.02500Coordinates: 41°27′10″N 90°01′30″W / 41.45278°N 90.02500°W / 41.45278; -90.02500
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Henry
Established	November 4, 1856
Area
• Total	35.2 sq mi (91 km2)
• Land	35.11 sq mi (90.9 km2)
• Water	0.09 sq mi (0.2 km2)  0.26%
Elevation	607 ft (185 m)
Population (2010)
• Estimate (2016)[1]	1,241
• Density	36.3/sq mi (14.0/km2)
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP codes	61235, 61254, 61277
FIPS code	17-073-02739

Atkinson Township is one of twenty-four townships in Henry County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,274 and it contained 592 housing units.^[2]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 35.2 square miles (91 km²), of which 35.11 square miles (90.9 km²) (or 99.74%) is land and 0.09 square miles (0.23 km²) (or 0.26%) is water.^[2]

Cities, towns, villages

• Atkinson (partial)

Adjacent townships

• Loraine Township (north)
• Yorktown Township (northeast)
• Alba Township (east)
• Annawan Township (southeast)
• Cornwall Township (south)
• Munson Township (southwest)
• Geneseo Township (west)
• Phenix Township (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains Spring Creek Cemetery.

Major highways

• Interstate 80
• U.S. Route 6

Landmarks

• Hennepin Canal Parkway State Park (west half)

Demographics

School districts

• Geneseo Community Unit School District 228

Political districts

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

References

• "Atkinson Township, Henry County, Illinois". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2010-01-17. 
• United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
• United States National Atlas

1. 1 2 "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017. 
2. 1 2 "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census. Retrieved 2013-05-28. 
3. ↑ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016. 

External links

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

Adjacent places of Atkinson Township, Henry County, Illinois
	Phenix Township	Loraine Township	Yorktown Township
	Geneseo Township		Alba Township
		Atkinson Township
	Munson Township	Cornwall Township	Annawan Township

Municipalities and communities of Henry County, Illinois, United States
County seat: Cambridge
Cities	Colona Galva Geneseo Kewanee
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
Unincorporated communities	Dayton Green River Lynn Center Nekoma Opheim Osco
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties