Cooperstown Township, Brown County, Illinois

Cooperstown Township
—  Township  —
Location in Brown County
Brown County's location in Illinois
Coordinates: 39°57′48″N 90°36′55″W / 39.96333°N 90.61528°W / 39.96333; -90.61528Coordinates: 39°57′48″N 90°36′55″W / 39.96333°N 90.61528°W / 39.96333; -90.61528
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Brown
Established	November 8, 1853
Area
– Total	41.41 sq mi (107.26 km2)
– Land	40.63 sq mi (105.24 km2)
– Water	0.78 sq mi (2.02 km2)  1.88%
Elevation	627 ft (191 m)
Population (2000)
– Total	334
– Density	8.2/sq mi (3.2/km2)
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
– Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP codes	62353, 62378
GNIS feature ID	0428841

Cooperstown Township is one of nine townships in Brown County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 334^[1].

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, Cooperstown Township covers an area of 41.41 square miles (107.3 km²); of this, 0.78 square miles (2.0 km²) or 1.88 percent is water.

Unincorporated towns

• Cooperstown
• La Grange

Cemeteries

The township contains these eleven cemeteries: Cooperstown, Cross Roads, De Witt, Elias Clark, Huffman, Hulett, Logan Creek, Logsdon Number 1, Logsdon Number 2, Perry and Tebo Burial Ground.

Major highways

• US Route 24

Lakes

• Big Lake

School districts

• Brown County Community Unit School District 1

Political districts

• Illinois' 18th congressional district
• State House District 93
• State Senate District 47

References

• "Cooperstown Township, Brown County, Illinois". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:0428841. Retrieved 2010-01-04. 
• United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
• United States National Atlas

1. ^ United States Census Bureau American FactFinder

External links

• City-Data.com
• Illinois State Archives