Lee Township, Brown County, Illinois

Lee Township
Township
Location in Brown County
Brown County's location in Illinois
Coordinates: 39°58′30″N 90°51′01″W / 39.97500°N 90.85028°WCoordinates: 39°58′30″N 90°51′01″W / 39.97500°N 90.85028°W
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Brown
Established	November 8, 1853
Area
• Total	37.67 sq mi (97.6 km^2)
• Land	37.63 sq mi (97.5 km^2)
• Water	0.04 sq mi (0.1 km^2)  0.11%
Elevation	728 ft (222 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	326
• Density	8.7/sq mi (3.4/km^2)
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP codes	62353, 62375
GNIS feature ID	0429239

Lee Township is one of nine townships in Brown County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 326 and it contained 158 housing units.^[1]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 37.67 square miles (97.6 km²), of which 37.63 square miles (97.5 km²) (or 99.89%) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km²) (or 0.11%) is water.^[1]

Cities

• Mound Station

Unincorporated towns

• Buckhorn
• Fargo
• Timewell

Cemeteries

The township contains these seven cemeteries: Ausmus, Buckhorn, Cleaves, Fargo, Howe, Lee and Orton.

Major highways

• US Route 24

Airports and landing strips

• Brown County Flyers Association Airport
• Mayfield Landing Strip

School districts

• Brown County Community Unit School District 1

Political districts

• Illinois' 18th congressional district
• State House District 93
• State Senate District 47

References

• "Lee Township, Brown County, Illinois". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
• United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
• United States National Atlas

1. "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

• City-Data.com
• Illinois State Archives