Menominee Township, Jo Daviess County, Illinois

Menominee Township
—  Township  —
Location in Jo Daviess County
Jo Daviess County's location in Illinois
Coordinates: 42°27′52″N 90°32′08″W / 42.46444°N 90.53556°W / 42.46444; -90.53556Coordinates: 42°27′52″N 90°32′08″W / 42.46444°N 90.53556°W / 42.46444; -90.53556
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Jo Daviess
Established	November 2, 1852
Government
- Supervisor	Delbert Schulting
Area
- Total	30.63 sq mi (79.33 km2)
- Land	28.09 sq mi (72.74 km2)
- Water	2.54 sq mi (6.59 km2)  8.31%
Elevation	761 ft (232 m)
Population (2000)
- Total	1,020
- Density	36.3/sq mi (14/km2)
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
- Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP codes	61025, 61036
GNIS feature ID	0429355

Menominee Township is one of twenty-three townships in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,020^[1].

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, Menominee Township covers an area of 30.63 square miles (79.3 km²); of this, 28.09 square miles (72.8 km²) (91.69 percent) is land and 2.54 square miles (6.6 km²) (8.31 percent) is water.

Cities, towns, villages

• Menominee

Adjacent townships

• Rawlins Township (east)
• Vinegar Hill Township (east)
• West Galena Township (southeast)
• Dunleith Township (west)

Major highways

• U.S. Route 20

Airports and landing strips

• Coursens Landing Airport

Rivers

• Mississippi River

School districts

• East Dubuque Community Unit School District 119
• Galena Unit School District 120

Political districts

• Illinois' 16th congressional district
• State House District 89
• State Senate District 45

References

• "Menominee Township, Jo Daviess County, Illinois". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:0429355. Retrieved 2010-01-17. 
• United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
• United States National Atlas

1. ^ United States Census Bureau American FactFinder

External links

• Jo Daviess County official site
• City-Data.com
• Illinois State Archives
• Township Officials of Illinois