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Vandalia Township, Fayette County, Illinois

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Country
  
United States

Established
  
November 9, 1859

ZIP codes
  
62418, 62471, 62885

Elevation
  
140 m

Local time
  
Saturday 1:44 AM

County
  
Fayette

Time zone
  
CST (UTC-6)

GNIS feature ID
  
0429862

Area
  
91.61 km²

Population
  
6,629 (2010)

Vandalia Township, Fayette County, Illinois

Weather
  
6°C, Wind N at 6 km/h, 88% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Vandalia State House St, Vandalia Park District, Kaskaskia Dragon, Little Brick House

Vandalia Township is one of twenty townships in Fayette County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 6,629 and it contained 3,115 housing units.

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Map of Vandalia Township, IL, USA

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 35.37 square miles (91.6 km2), of which 35.08 square miles (90.9 km2) (or 99.18%) is land and 0.29 square miles (0.75 km2) (or 0.82%) is water.

Cities, towns, villages

  • Vandalia (southeast three-quarters)
  • Unincorporated towns

  • Bluff City
  • Extinct towns

  • Pinhook
  • Pope
  • Cemeteries

    The township contains these eight cemeteries: Fairlawn, Haley Chapel, Mother of Dolors, Old State Burial Ground, Pinhook, Ritter, South Hill and Vandalia City.

    Major highways

  • Interstate 70
  • U.S. Route 40
  • U.S. Route 51
  • Illinois Route 140
  • Illinois Route 185
  • Rivers

  • Kaskaskia River
  • Landmarks

  • Kelley Park
  • Vandalia Correctional Center (south three-quarters)
  • School districts

  • Brownstown Community Unit School District 201
  • Vandalia Community Unit School District 203
  • Political districts

  • Illinois' 19th congressional district
  • State House District 102
  • State Senate District 51
  • References

    Vandalia Township, Fayette County, Illinois Wikipedia