Waterford Township, Fulton County, Illinois

Waterford Township
Township
The former East Waterford School
Location in Fulton County
Fulton County's location in Illinois
Coordinates: 40°20′49″N 90°06′36″W / 40.34694°N 90.11000°W / 40.34694; -90.11000Coordinates: 40°20′49″N 90°06′36″W / 40.34694°N 90.11000°W / 40.34694; -90.11000
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Fulton
Established	November 6, 1849
Area
• Total	21.17 sq mi (54.8 km²)
• Land	20.96 sq mi (54.3 km²)
• Water	0.21 sq mi (0.5 km²) 0.99%
Elevation	446 ft (136 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	187
• Density	8.9/sq mi (3.4/km²)
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP codes	61542
GNIS feature ID	0429900

Waterford Township is one of twenty-six townships in Fulton County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 187 and it contained 92 housing units.^[1]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 21.17 square miles (54.8 km²), of which 20.96 square miles (54.3 km²) (or 99.01%) is land and 0.21 square miles (0.54 km²) (or 0.99%) is water.^[1]

Unincorporated towns

Sepo at 40°20′37″N 90°07′09″W / 40.343654°N 90.119286°W / 40.343654; -90.119286

(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)

Extinct towns

Waterford at 40°20′20″N 90°07′47″W / 40.338931°N 90.129841°W / 40.338931; -90.129841

(These towns are listed as "historical" by the USGS.)

Cemeteries

The township contains the main Waterford Cemetery. Also family cemeteries:Ames Cemetery and the Ashby cemetery

Major highways

Airports and landing strips

G Bray Airport
Norris Farms Airport

Landmarks

Dickson Mounds State Park

School districts

Lewistown School District 97

Political districts

Illinois' 17th congressional district
State House District 94
State Senate District 47

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

Lewistown Township

Liverpool Township

Quiver Township, Mason County

Waterford Township

Isabel Township

Havana Township, Mason County

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	Bybee Civer Midway Sugarville Tuscumbia

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

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