Buckheart Township, Fulton County, Illinois

Buckheart Township
Township
Location in Fulton County
Fulton County's location in Illinois
Coordinates: 40°29′44″N 90°02′53″W / 40.49556°N 90.04806°W / 40.49556; -90.04806Coordinates: 40°29′44″N 90°02′53″W / 40.49556°N 90.04806°W / 40.49556; -90.04806
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Fulton
Established	November 6, 1849
Area
• Total	35.73 sq mi (92.5 km²)
• Land	34.76 sq mi (90.0 km²)
• Water	0.97 sq mi (2.5 km²) 2.71%
Elevation	623 ft (190 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	1,484
• Density	42.7/sq mi (16.5/km²)
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP codes	61427, 61519, 61520, 61542
GNIS feature ID	0428728

Buckheart Township is one of twenty-six townships in Fulton County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,484 and it contained 709 housing units.^[1]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 35.73 square miles (92.5 km²), of which 34.76 square miles (90.0 km²) (or 97.29%) is land and 0.97 square miles (2.5 km²) (or 2.71%) is water.^[1]

Cities, towns, villages

Canton (partial)
Dunfermline
St. David
Bryant
Hooty (small mining community which no longer exists).

Major highways

Lakes

Fisher Lake
Frog Lake
Long Lake
Mason Lake
Rose Lake
Stevens Lake
Swimming Lake
Traer Lake
Woods Lake

School districts

Community Unit School District 3 Fulton City
Lewistown School District 97

Political districts

Illinois' 17th congressional district
State House District 91
State Senate District 46

References

1 2 "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census. Retrieved 2013-05-28.

External links

Buckheart Township

Lewistown Township

Liverpool Township

Municipalities and communities of Fulton County, Illinois, United States

County seat: Lewistown

Cities	Canton Cuba Farmington Lewistown

Town	Astoria

Villages	Avon Banner Bryant Dunfermline Ellisville Fairview Ipava Liverpool London Mills‡ Marietta Norris Smithfield St. David Table Grove Vermont

Townships	Astoria Banner Bernadotte Buckheart Canton Cass Deerfield Ellisville Fairview Farmers Farmington Harris Isabel Joshua Kerton Lee Lewistown Liverpool Orion Pleasant Putman Union Vermont Waterford Woodland Young Hickory

Unincorporated communities	Babylon Beaty Bernadotte Blyton Breeds Brereton Checkrow Depler Springs Duncan Mills Enion Fiatt Gilchrist Leesburg Little America Manley Maples Mill Marbletown Middlegrove Monterey Poverty Ridge Rawalts Sepo Seville Summum

Ghost towns	Buckeye Bybee Civer Forty Acres Fulton Center Howard Keeler Midway Otto Pleasant Ridge Sugarville Troy Tuscumbia Virgil Waterford

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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