Avena Township, Fayette County, Illinois

Avena Township
Township
Greenhouses on U.S. Route 40, west of St. Elmo
Location in Fayette County
Fayette County's location in Illinois
Coordinates: 39°02′35″N 88°51′44″W / 39.04306°N 88.86222°WCoordinates: 39°02′35″N 88°51′44″W / 39.04306°N 88.86222°W
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Fayette
Established	November 9, 1859
Area
• Total	36.47 sq mi (94.5 km^2)
• Land	36.32 sq mi (94.1 km^2)
• Water	0.15 sq mi (0.4 km^2)  0.41%
Elevation	597 ft (182 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	2,010
• Density	55.3/sq mi (21.4/km^2)
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP codes	62418, 62458
GNIS feature ID	0428624

Avena Township is one of twenty townships in Fayette County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 2,010 and it contained 855 housing units.^[1]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 36.47 square miles (94.5 km²), of which 36.32 square miles (94.1 km²) (or 99.59%) is land and 0.15 square miles (0.39 km²) (or 0.41%) is water.^[1]

Cities, towns, villages

• St. Elmo

Extinct towns

• Howards Point
• Pruett

Cemeteries

The township contains these five cemeteries: Crums Chapel, Guy, Maplewood, Seidner, Saint Bonaventure and Yolton.

Major highways

• Interstate 70
• U.S. Route 40

School districts

• Brownstown Community Unit School District 201
• St Elmo Community Unit School District 202

Political districts

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

References

• "Avena Township, Fayette County, Illinois". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2010-01-16.
• 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