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Clarion Township, Bureau County, Illinois

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Country
  
United States

County
  
Bureau

Time zone
  
CST (UTC-6)

Elevation
  
254 m

Local time
  
Monday 8:36 AM

State
  
Illinois

Established
  
November 6, 1849

ZIP codes
  
61330, 61342

Area
  
91.56 km²

Population
  
421 (2010)

Clarion Township, Bureau County, Illinois

Weather
  
11°C, Wind S at 32 km/h, 88% Humidity

Clarion Township is one of twenty-five townships in Bureau County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 421 and it contained 162 housing units.

Contents

Map of Clarion Township, IL, USA

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 35.35 square miles (91.6 km2), all land.

Cities

  • La Moille (east quarter)
  • Unincorporated towns

  • Clarion
  • Wendel
  • (This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)Both locations were railroad stations with no residential buildings immediately adjacent. Clarion was a station on what is now the Burlington Northern mainline a few miles southwest of Mendota. No siding or any visible sign of a station exists--and has not since at least 1950. Wendel station was on a Burlington Northern branch line about four miles west of Mendota. A grain elevator (at one time operated by the Wendel family) was the only structure other than nearby farmsteads. The branch railroad was abandoned and all rails removed circa 1975.

    Cemeteries

    The township contains these five cemeteries: Clarion Lutheran, Erbes, German Evangelical, Hetzler and Hill.

    Major highways

  • US Route 34
  • Illinois Route 89
  • Airports and landing strips

  • Ivan E Bauer Heliport
  • Keutzer Airport
  • Otterbach Farm Airport
  • School districts

  • La Moille Community Unit School District 303
  • Mendota Elementary District 289
  • Mendota High School District 280
  • Political districts

  • Illinois' 11th congressional district
  • State House District 76
  • State House District 90
  • State Senate District 38
  • State Senate District 45
  • References

    Clarion Township, Bureau County, Illinois Wikipedia