Crooked Creek Township, Jasper County, Illinois

Crooked Creek Township
—  Township  —
Location in Jasper County
Jasper County's location in Illinois
Coordinates: 39°07′05″N 88°07′54″W / 39.11806°N 88.13167°W / 39.11806; -88.13167Coordinates: 39°07′05″N 88°07′54″W / 39.11806°N 88.13167°W / 39.11806; -88.13167
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Jasper
Established	November 8, 1859
Area
- Total	56.27 sq mi (145.73 km2)
- Land	56.27 sq mi (145.73 km2)
- Water	0 sq mi (0 km2)  0%
Elevation	554 ft (169 m)
Population (2000)
- Total	735
- Density	13.1/sq mi (5/km2)
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
- Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP codes	62428, 62432, 62436, 62448, 62481
GNIS feature ID	0428859

Crooked Creek Township is one of eleven townships in Jasper County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 735.^[1]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, Crooked Creek Township covers an area of 56.27 square miles (145.7 km²).

Cities, towns, villages

• Hidalgo
• Rose Hill

Unincorporated towns

• Plainfield at 39°06′13″N 88°08′07″W / 39.103652°N 88.1353157°W / 39.103652; -88.1353157
• Point Pleasant at 39°09′20″N 88°04′40″W / 39.1555952°N 88.077814°W / 39.1555952; -88.077814

(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)

Adjacent townships

• Greenup Township, Cumberland County (north)
• Grandville Township (east)
• Hunt City Township (southeast)
• Wade Township (southwest)
• Grove Township (west)

Cemeteries

The township contains these sixteen cemeteries: Andrews, Aten, Brooks, Brown, Coad, Harrisburg, Hayes, Hidalgo, Hunt/Cummins, Kilgore, Plainfield, Ross, Songer, Swick, Swick Family and Ward.

Major highways

• Illinois Route 130

School districts

• Cumberland Community Unit School District 77
• Jasper County Community Unit School District 1

Political districts

• Illinois' 19th congressional district
• State House District 108
• State Senate District 54

References

• "Crooked Creek Township, Jasper County, Illinois". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:0428859. 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

• City-Data.com
• Illinois State Archives