Goose Creek Township, Piatt County, Illinois
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| Goose Creek Township | |
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| Location in Piatt County Location in Piatt County |
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 Piatt County's location in Illinois |
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| Country | United States |
| State | Illinois |
| County | Piatt |
| Established | November 8, 1859 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 56.32 sq mi (145.9 km2) |
| • Land | 56.3 sq mi (146 km2) |
| • Water | 0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2) 0.02% |
| Elevation | 699 ft (213 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 790 |
| • Density | 14/sq mi (5/km2) |
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| GNIS feature ID | 0429061 |
Goose Creek Township is a township in Piatt County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 790 and it contained 355 housing units.[1]
Ameren's Goose Creek Energy Center, a combustion turbine generator (CTG) power plant, is located in Goose Creek Township.[2]
Contents
Geography
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File:Goose Creek Energy Center.jpg
AmerenUE's Goose Creek Energy Center, a natural gas power station, located in the township between Lodge, Illinois and De Land, Illinois. (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)[3]
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 56.32 square miles (145.9 km2), of which 56.3 square miles (146 km2) (or 99.96%) is land and 0.01 square miles (0.026 km2) (or 0.02%) is water.[1]
Cities and towns
Extinct towns
- Combs
Adjacent townships
- Santa Anna Township, DeWitt County (north)
- Blue Ridge Township (northeast)
- Sangamon Township (east)
- Monticello Township (southeast)
- Willow Branch Township (south)
- Friends Creek Township, Macon County (southwest)
- Nixon Township, DeWitt County (west)
- DeWitt Township, DeWitt County (northwest)
Cemeteries
The township contains eight cemeteries: Deland, Dillow Family, Dooley Family, Kentuck, Marquiss, Morain, Mosgrove and Old Monticello.
Major highways
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ http://www.ameren.com/source/AboutUs/Pages/ADC_CTGs.aspx
- ↑ http://www.cilco.com/AboutUs/ADC_AU_FactSheet.pdf
External links
- US-Counties.com
- City-Data.com
- Illinois State Archives
- U.S. Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)
- United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files
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‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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