Willow Branch Township, Piatt County, Illinois

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Willow Branch Township
settlement_type = Township
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Illinois
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Piatt
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area_total_km2 = 174.4
area_land_km2 = 174.23
area_water_km2 = 0.18
area_total_sq_mi = 67.34
area_land_sq_mi = 67.27
area_water_sq_mi = 0.07
area_water_percent = 0.1

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 716
population_density_km2 = 4.1
population_density_sq_mi = 10.6

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elevation_m = 192
elevation_ft = 630
latd = 39
latm = 59
lats = 06
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longd = 88
longm = 40
longs = 47
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Willow Branch Township is a township in Piatt County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 716 [ [http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTTable?_bm=y&-context=dt&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-mt_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_P001&-CONTEXT=dt&-tree_id=4001&-all_geo_types=N&-geo_id=06000US1714781906&-search_results=01000US&-format=&-_lang=en United States Census Bureau American FactFinder] ] .

History

Willow Branch Township changed its name from Liberty Township sometime around 1860.

Geography

Willow Branch Township covers an area of 67.34 square miles (174.4 square kilometers); of this, 0.07 square miles (0.18 square kilometers) or 0.1 percent is water. The streams of Wildcat Creek and Willow Branch run through this township.

Cities and towns

* Cisco

Extinct towns

* Amenia

Adjacent townships

* Goose Creek Township (north)
* Monticello Township (east)
* Bement Township (southeast)
* Cerro Gordo Township (south)
* Oakley Township, Macon County (southwest)
* Friends Creek Township, Macon County (west)
* Whitmore Township, Macon County (west)
* Nixon Township, DeWitt County (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains eight cemeteries: Ater, Cronninger, Pioneer, Stringtown, Van Meter, Warfield Family, West France and Willow Branch.

Major highways

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Airports and landing strips

* Norfleet Farms Airport

References

* [http://geonames.usgs.gov/domestic/ U.S. Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)]
* [http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/ United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files]

External links

* [http://www.us-counties.com/localgov/illinois.html US-Counties.com]
* [http://www.city-data.com/township/Willow-Branch-Piatt-IL.html City-Data.com]
* [http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/irad/piatt.html Illinois State Archives]