Derinda Township, Jo Daviess County, Illinois

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Derinda Township
Township
Location in Jo Daviess County
Jo Daviess County's location in Illinois
Coordinates: 42°14′22″N 90°09′24″W / 42.23944°N 90.15667°W / 42.23944; -90.15667Coordinates: 42°14′22″N 90°09′24″W / 42.23944°N 90.15667°W / 42.23944; -90.15667
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Jo Daviess
Established	November 2, 1852
Area
• Total	37.02 sq mi (95.9 km²)
• Land	36.96 sq mi (95.7 km²)
• Water	0.06 sq mi (0.2 km²) 0.16%
Elevation	702 ft (214 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	321
• Density	8.7/sq mi (3.4/km²)
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP codes	61028, 61041, 61074, 61085
GNIS feature ID	0428890

Derinda Township is one of twenty-three townships in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 321 and it contained 176 housing units.^[1]

Derinda Township was named in the 1850s for Derinda Barr, the wife of an early settler.^[2]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 37.02 square miles (95.9 km²), of which 36.96 square miles (95.7 km²) (or 99.84%) is land and 0.06 square miles (0.16 km²) (or 0.16%) is water.^[1]

Adjacent townships

Woodbine Township (north)
Stockton Township (northeast)
Pleasant Valley Township (east)
Woodland Township, Carroll County (southeast)
Washington Township, Carroll County (south)
Hanover Township (west)
Elizabeth Township (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains these four cemeteries: Albright/Fehler, Massbach/St. John's Evangelical Lutheran, Trinity Lutheran/Derinda Center, and Morrison/Derinda Methodist.

School districts

River Ridge Community Unit School District 210
Stockton Community Unit School District 206
West Carroll Community Unit School District 314

Political districts

Illinois' 16th congressional district
State House District 89
State Senate District 45

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.
↑ Callary, Edward (29 September 2008). Place Names of Illinois. University of Illinois Press. p. 92. ISBN 978-0-252-09070-7.

External links

Municipalities and communities of Jo Daviess County, Illinois, United States

County seat: Galena

Cities	East Dubuque Galena

Villages	Apple River Elizabeth Hanover Menominee Nora Scales Mound Stockton Warren

Townships	Apple River Berreman Council Hill Derinda Dunleith East Galena Elizabeth Guilford Hanover Menominee Nora Pleasant Valley Rawlins Rice Rush Scales Mound Stockton Thompson Vinegar Hill Wards Grove Warren West Galena Woodbine

CDPs	Apple Canyon Lake The Galena Territory

Other unincorporated communities	Aiken Blanding Bremen Cattese Council Hill Elmoville Galena Junction Gears Ferry Guilford Massbach Morseville North Hanover Pleasant Valley Portage Rice Rodden Schapville Whitton Willow Winston Woodbine

Ghost town	Millville

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