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Isabel Township, Fulton County, Illinois

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Country
  
United States

County
  
Fulton

Time zone
  
CST (UTC-6)

Area
  
76.07 km²

Population
  
192 (2010)

State
  
Illinois

Established
  
November 6, 1849

Elevation
  
151 m

Local time
  
Wednesday 4:32 PM

Isabel Township, Fulton County, Illinois

ZIP codes
  
61441, 61501, 61542 62644

Weather
  
1°C, Wind NW at 10 km/h, 38% Humidity

Isabel Township is one of twenty-six townships in Fulton County, Illinois, USA. At the 2010 census, its population was 192 and it contained 87 housing units.

Contents

Map of Isabel Township, IL, USA

Administration history

Township Supervisors

Town Clerks

  • Jesse Benson……....1850 Robert G. Mulica..1872-73
  • William Craig.....1860 Jesse Benson.........1874-77
  • Jesse Benson......1861-69 Stephen J. Benson.1878
  • Roland C. Benson..1870 Thomas Brown......1879
  • Hugh Murrey… …...1871

    • Township Supervisor

  • Greg Juergens (2005)
  • Dennis Barr (2001)
  • Gary Crum (1989)
  • Larry Tarvin (?)
  • Carl Gowdy (?)

    • Town Clerk

  • Janice Colglazier (2008)
  • Pat Robinson (1988)

    • Road Commissioner

  • Gary Whitmore (2015 )Appointed
  • Matt Stephens (2013) Resigned
  • Dennis Barr (2005)
  • Ed Weatherford (1997)
  • Carrol Weaver (1980)

    • Trustees

  • Monty Graham (
  • Craig Porter (
  • Pat Colglazier (2008)
  • Rose Juergens (2013)

    • Mailing Address

    P.O. Box 168 Lewistown, IL. 61542

    Geography

    According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 29.37 square miles (76.1 km2), of which 29.23 square miles (75.7 km2) (or 99.52%) is land and 0.14 square miles (0.36 km2) (or 0.48%) is water.

    Existing towns (unincorporated)

  • Duncan Mills - Duncan’s Mills is a small place of business with a post office on the Spoon River, deriving its name from the gris-tmill at the point formerly owned and operated by George Duncan, an early settler there, and a very highly respected citizen. From 1840 to 1855, perhaps for a greater length of time, his was the largest grist-mill within a radius of 15 to 20 miles.

    • Extinct towns

  • Otto
  • Spoon River village
  • West Havana
  • Point Isabel was an old shipping point on the Illinois River, at the mouth of the Spoon River and directly across from Havana, and was the southern terminus of the Fulton County Narrow Gauge railway connecting to Fairview and Galesburg.
  • Bessler's Station (aka Barrett's Station) was a station on the Narrow Gauge Railroad until 1910.

    • Cemeteries

    The township contains six cemeteries: Duncan, Farris, Foutch, Freeman, Kearney and Otto.

    Major highways

  • US Route 24
  • US Route 136
  • Illinois Route 78
  • Illinois Route 100

    • School districts

  • Lewistown School District 97

    • Political districts

  • Illinois' 17th congressional district
  • State House District 94
  • State Senate District 47

    • References

    Isabel Township, Fulton County, Illinois Wikipedia
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