Mount Auburn Township, Christian County, Illinois

Mount Auburn Township
—  Township  —
Location in Christian County
Christian County's location in Illinois
Coordinates: 39°43′51″N 89°19′42″W / 39.73083°N 89.32833°W / 39.73083; -89.32833Coordinates: 39°43′51″N 89°19′42″W / 39.73083°N 89.32833°W / 39.73083; -89.32833
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Christian
Established	November 7, 1865
Area
– Total	45.78 sq mi (118.57 km2)
– Land	45.73 sq mi (118.44 km2)
– Water	0.05 sq mi (0.12 km2)  0.1%
Elevation	594 ft (181 m)
Population (2000)
– Total	1,031
– Density	22.5/sq mi (8.7/km2)
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
– Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP codes	62513, 62515, 62531, 62545, 62547, 62563
GNIS feature ID	0429401

Mount Auburn Township is one of seventeen townships in Christian County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,031^[1].

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, Mount Auburn Township covers an area of 45.78 square miles (118.6 km²); of this, 45.73 square miles (118.4 km²) (99.89 percent) is land and 0.05 square miles (0.13 km²) (0.1 percent) is water.

Cities, towns, villages

• Mount Auburn

Unincorporated towns

• Bolivia at 39°44′32″N 89°20′49″W / 39.7422676°N 89.3470299°W / 39.7422676; -89.3470299
• Grove City at 39°42′24″N 89°17′49″W / 39.7067111°N 89.2970287°W / 39.7067111; -89.2970287
• Roby at 39°44′21″N 89°23′57″W / 39.7392136°N 89.3992546°W / 39.7392136; -89.3992546

Cemeteries

The township contains these five cemeteries: Furrow, Grove City Methodist, Hinckle, Milligan and Mount Auburn.

Airports and landing strips

• Hardy Airport

School districts

• Edinburg Community Unit School District 4
• Rochester Community Unit School District 3a
• Taylorville Community Unit School District 3

Political districts

• State House District 87
• State Senate District 44

References

• "Mount Auburn Township, Christian County, Illinois". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:0429401. Retrieved 2010-01-10. 
• United States Census Bureau 2009 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
• United States National Atlas

1. ^ United States Census Bureau American FactFinder

External links

• City-Data.com
• Illinois State Archives
• Township Officials of Illinois