Beaver Creek Township, Hamilton County, Illinois

Beaver Creek Township
Beaver Creek Township
Township
	Location in Hamilton County
	Hamilton County's location in Illinois
	Coordinates: 38°10′21″N 88°25′37″W / 38.17250°N 88.42694°W
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Hamilton
Established	November 3, 1885
Area
• Total	36.4 sq mi (94 km2)
• Land	36.39 sq mi (94.2 km2)
• Water	0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2) 0.03%
Elevation	410 ft (125 m)
Population (2010)
• Estimate (2016)	261
• Density	7.4/sq mi (2.9/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes	62828, 62835, 62859, 62887
FIPS code	17-065-04481

Beaver Creek Township is one of twelve townships in Hamilton County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 271 and it contained 126 housing units.^[2]

Geography[edit]

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 36.4 square miles (94 km²), of which 36.39 square miles (94.2 km²) (or 99.97%) is land and 0.01 square miles (0.026 km²) (or 0.03%) is water.^[2]

Unincorporated towns[edit]

Blairsville at 38°10′06″N 88°27′51″W / 38.168381°N 88.464216°W / 38.168381; -88.464216
Bungay at 38°10′45″N 88°24′31″W / 38.179214°N 88.408659°W / 38.179214; -88.408659

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

Extinct towns[edit]

Jefferson City at 38°09′01″N 88°27′42″W / 38.150325°N 88.461716°W / 38.150325; -88.461716
New London at 38°10′06″N 88°24′20″W / 38.168381°N 88.405603°W / 38.168381; -88.405603

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

Cemeteries[edit]

The township contains Springer Cemetery.

Demographics[edit]

Historical population
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2016 (est.)	261	^[1]
U.S. Decennial Census^[3]

School districts[edit]

Hamilton County Community Unit School District 10
Norris City-Omaha-Enfield Community Unit School District 3

Political districts[edit]

Illinois's 19th congressional district
State House District 108
State Senate District 54

References[edit]

United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
"Beaver Creek Township". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved September 24, 2009.
United States National Atlas

^ ^a ^b "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved May 28, 2013.
^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.

External links[edit]

[USCensusEst2016-1] "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.

[census-2] "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved May 28, 2013.

[DecennialCensus-3] "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Hamilton County, Illinois, United States
County seat: McLeansboro
Cities	McLeansboro	Map of Illinois highlighting Hamilton County
Town	Belle Prairie City
Villages	Broughton Dahlgren Macedonia‡
Townships	Beaver Creek Crook Crouch Dahlgren Flannigan Knights Prairie Mayberry McLeansboro South Crouch South Flannigan South Twigg Twigg
Unincorporated communities	Aden Blairsville Braden Dale Delafield Piopolis Rural Hill Tuckers Corners West Rural Hill
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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