Papineau Township, Iroquois County, Illinois

Papineau Township
Township
Fields west of Beaverville

Location in Iroquois County

Iroquois County's location in Illinois
Coordinates: 40°59′N 87°45′W / 40.983°N 87.750°W / 40.983; -87.750Coordinates: 40°59′N 87°45′W / 40.983°N 87.750°W / 40.983; -87.750
Country United States
State Illinois
County Iroquois
Established November 6, 1855
Area
 • Total 29.66 sq mi (76.8 km2)
 • Land 29.51 sq mi (76.4 km2)
 • Water 0.15 sq mi (0.4 km2)  0.51%
Elevation 614 ft (187 m)
Population (2010)
 • Estimate (2016)[1] 476
 • Density 16.9/sq mi (6.5/km2)
Time zone UTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes 60912, 60951, 60964
FIPS code 17-075-57589

Papineau Township is one of twenty-six townships in Iroquois County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 499 and it contained 204 housing units.[2]

Originally named Weygandt by early Dutch settlers, the township name was changed in 1862 by later French-Canadian settlers to Papineau, after the Québec nationalist hero of the 1830s Louis-Joseph Papineau.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 29.66 square miles (76.8 km2), of which 29.51 square miles (76.4 km2) (or 99.49%) is land and 0.15 square miles (0.39 km2) (or 0.51%) is water.[2]

Cities, towns, villages

Cemeteries

The township contains these four cemeteries: Jones, Oak Ridge, Papineau and Saint Joseph.

Major highways

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.%±
Est. 2016476[1]
U.S. Decennial Census[3]

School districts

  • Donovan Community Unit School District 3

Political districts

References

  • "Papineau Township, Iroquois County, Illinois". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
  • United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
  • United States National Atlas
  1. 1 2 "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  2. 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.
  3. ↑ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
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