Astoria Township, Fulton County, Illinois

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Country United States County Fulton Time zone CST (UTC-6) Elevation 207 m Local time Monday 2:35 PM		State Illinois Established November 6, 1849 ZIP codes 61484, 61501 Area 94.69 km² Population 1,464 (2010)

Weather 14°C, Wind S at 16 km/h, 39% Humidity

Astoria Township is one of twenty-six townships in Fulton County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,464 and it contained 665 housing units.

Map of Astoria Township, IL, USA

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 36.56 square miles (94.7 km²), of which 36.13 square miles (93.6 km²) (or 98.82%) is land and 0.43 square miles (1.1 km²) (or 1.18%) is water.

Cities, towns, villages

Astoria

Washington (no longer exists due to another town in the state with the name). The village contained 48 lots. It was laid out in 1836 & it had a small general store,a few cabins,blacksmith shop and a school house nearby which was also used to hold church services. The village never grew & ceased to exist.

Vienna was laid out by Zach Gilbert, Benjamin Clark & a Mr Bacon on June 9, 1837. Due to there being another town in the state with this name it was changed to Astoria.

Cemeteries

The township contains these five cemeteries: Astoria, Oak Grove, Salem, South Fulton and Union Chapel.

Major highways

US Route 24

Airports and landing strips

Campbell Landing Strip

Lakes

Emmanuel Lake

School districts

Astoria Community Unit School District 1

V I T Community Unit School District 2

Political districts

Illinois' 17th congressional district

State House District 94

State Senate District 47

References

Astoria Township, Fulton County, Illinois Wikipedia

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