Embarrass Township, Edgar County, Illinois

Embarrass Township
Township
Location in Edgar County
Edgar County's location in Illinois
Coordinates: 39°40′23″N 87°55′05″W / 39.67306°N 87.91806°W / 39.67306; -87.91806Coordinates: 39°40′23″N 87°55′05″W / 39.67306°N 87.91806°W / 39.67306; -87.91806
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Edgar
Established	November 4, 1856
Area
• Total	44.14 sq mi (114.3 km2)
• Land	44.14 sq mi (114.3 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km2)  0%
Elevation	669 ft (204 m)
Population (2010)
• Estimate (2016)[1]	580
• Density	14/sq mi (5/km2)
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP codes	61917, 61933, 61943, 61944, 61949
FIPS code	17-045-23958

Embarrass Township is one of fifteen townships in Edgar County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 620 and it contained 288 housing units.^[2]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 44.14 square miles (114.3 km²), all land.^[2]

Cities, towns, villages

• Brocton

Unincorporated towns

• Borton
• Isabel

Extinct towns

• Catfish
• New Athens

Cemeteries

The township contains these five cemeteries: Catfish, Catfish Point, Embarrass, Scott and Zimmerman. Shield cemetery lies on Coles county line, half in Embarrass township. Housel cemetery has records also.

Major highways

• Illinois Route 49
• Illinois Route 133

Airports and landing strips

• Ewing Landing Strip
• Lamkey Landing Strip

Demographics

School districts

• Kansas Community Unit School District 3
• Oakland Community Unit School District 5
• Shiloh Community Unit School District 1

Political districts

• Illinois' 15th congressional district
• State House District 110
• State Senate District 55

References

• "Embarrass Township, Edgar County, Illinois". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2010-01-10. 
• United States Census Bureau 2007 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
• Edgar County website

Adjacent places of Embarrass Township, Edgar County, Illinois
			Shiloh Township
	East Oakland Township, Coles County Sargent Township, Douglas County		Buck Township
		Embarrass Township
		Kansas Township

Municipalities and communities of Edgar County, Illinois, United States
County seat: Paris
Cities	Chrisman Paris
Villages	Brocton Hume Kansas Metcalf Redmon Vermilion
Townships	Brouilletts Creek Buck Edgar Elbridge Embarrass Grandview Hunter Kansas Paris Prairie Ross Shiloh Stratton Symmes Young America
Unincorporated communities	Borton Isabel Logan Nevins Patton‡ Raven Scottland Woodyard
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties