Crook Township, Hamilton County, Illinois

Crook Township
Township
Location in Hamilton County
Hamilton County's location in Illinois
Coordinates: 38°04′43″N 88°25′59″W / 38.07861°N 88.43306°W / 38.07861; -88.43306Coordinates: 38°04′43″N 88°25′59″W / 38.07861°N 88.43306°W / 38.07861; -88.43306
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Hamilton
Established	November 3, 1885
Area
• Total	35.96 sq mi (93.1 km2)
• Land	35.76 sq mi (92.6 km2)
• Water	0.2 sq mi (0.5 km2)  0.56%
Elevation	469 ft (143 m)
Population (2010)
• Estimate (2016)[1]	297
• Density	8.7/sq mi (3.4/km2)
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP codes	62835, 62859
FIPS code	17-065-17627

Crook Township is one of twelve townships in Hamilton County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 312 and it contained 182 housing units.^[2]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 35.96 square miles (93.1 km²), of which 35.76 square miles (92.6 km²) (or 99.44%) is land and 0.2 square miles (0.52 km²) (or 0.56%) is water.^[2]

Unincorporated towns

• Thackeray at 38°07′12″N 88°27′11″W / 38.120048°N 88.453105°W / 38.120048; -88.453105
• Thurber at 38°04′57″N 88°25′39″W / 38.082547°N 88.427548°W / 38.082547; -88.427548

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

Extinct towns

• Jamestown at 38°02′20″N 88°22′27″W / 38.038936°N 88.374213°W / 38.038936; -88.374213
• Logansport at 38°06′21″N 88°25′24″W / 38.105881°N 88.423381°W / 38.105881; -88.423381

(These towns are listed as "historical" by the USGS.)

Cemeteries

The township contains these seven cemeteries: Arterberry, Hopkins, Munsell, New Hope, Old Brush Harbor, Prince and Webb.

Major highways

• Illinois Route 14

Lakes

• L P Dolan Lake

Demographics

School districts

• Hamilton County Community Unit School District 10
• Norris City-Omaha-Enfield Community Unit School District 3

Political districts

• Illinois's 19th congressional district
• State House District 117
• State House District 118
• State Senate District 59

References

• United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
• "Crook Township". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-09-24. 
• 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

• Hamilton County Historical Society
• City-Data.com
• Illinois State Archives
• Township Officials of Illinois

Adjacent places of Crook Township, Hamilton County, Illinois
	South Crouch Township	Beaver Creek Township	Mill Shoals Township, White County
	McLeansboro Township		Enfield Township, White County
		Crook Township
	Twigg Township	Mayberry Township	Indian Creek Township, White County

Municipalities and communities of Hamilton County, Illinois, United States
County seat: McLeansboro
Cities	McLeansboro
Town	Belle Prairie City
Villages	Broughton Dahlgren Macedonia‡
Townships	Beaver Creek Crook Crouch Dahlgren Flannigan Knights Prairie Mayberry McLeansboro South Crouch South Flannigan South Twigg Twigg
Unincorporated communities	Aden Braden Dale Delafield Piopolis Rural Hill Tuckers Corners West Rural Hill
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties