Richwoods Township, Peoria County, Illinois

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settlement_type=Township
official_name = Richwoods Township
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map_caption = Location in Peoria County
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subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Illinois
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Peoria
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established_title = Established
established_date =November 6, 1849
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area_total_km2 = 8.28
area_total_sq_mi = 3.2
area_land_km2 = 8.02
area_land_sq_mi = 3.1
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Richwoods Township is located in Peoria County, Illinois. The geographic designation is Township 9 North, Range 8 East of the Fourth Principal Meridian. The population was 6,539 at the 2000 census. The majority of its area is the village of Peoria Heights, Illinois.

Part of Richwoods Township was given to City of Peoria Township when it was organized as a township in 1907. Until 1991, the City of Peoria Township grew as the city of Peoria did, and today, most of what was originally Richwoods Township lies within the 1991 city limits of Peoria, and therefore in the Township of the City of Peoria; however, small parts of Richwoods Township's northern sections remained when the boundaries of the Township of the City of Peoria were fixed in place by law in the 1990s, and these, along with the entire village of Peoria Heights, remain as Richwoods Township.

ee also

* Peoria Heights, Illinois
* Peoria Heights High School
* Richwoods High School

External links

* [http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DatasetMainPageServlet?_lang=en&_ US Census]
* [http://www.city-data.com/township/Richwoods-Peoria-IL.html City-data.com]
* [http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/irad/peoria.html Illinois State Archives]