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Dunleith Township
Township
Location in Jo Daviess County
Jo Daviess County's location in Illinois
Coordinates: 42°28′42″N 90°36′48″W / 42.47833°N 90.61333°W / 42.47833; -90.61333
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Jo Daviess
Established	March 2, 1865
Government
• Supervisor	Vincent Hasken
Area
• Total	11.75 sq mi (30.4 km)
• Land	9.45 sq mi (24.5 km)
• Water	2.29 sq mi (5.9 km)  19.49%
Elevation	732 ft (223 m)
Population
• Estimate	3,672
• Density	404.2/sq mi (156.1/km)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes	61025
FIPS code	17-085-21202

Dunleith Township is one of 23 townships in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,820 and it contained 1,713 housing units. It was formed from Menominee Township on March 2, 1865.

Geography

Dunleith Township is in the very northwest corner of Illinois, abutting Wisconsin to the north and Iowa to the west across the Mississippi River.

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 11.75 square miles (30.4 km), of which 9.45 square miles (24.5 km) (or 80.43%) is land and 2.29 square miles (5.9 km) (or 19.49%) is water.

Dunleith is Townships 28 (part) and 29 North, Range 2 (part) West of the Fourth Principal Meridian.

Cities, towns, villages

• East Dubuque

Major highways

• U.S. Route 20 - east towards Galena and west over the Mississippi River on the Julien Dubuque Bridge to Dubuque, Iowa
• Illinois Route 35 - a northeast-southwest route from Jct US 20 in East Dubuque to the Wisconsin state line, continuing as

Rivers

• Mississippi River

Lakes

• Frentress Lake
• Round Lake
• Switzer Lake

Demographics

School districts

• East Dubuque Community Unit School District 119

Political districts

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

References

• "Dunleith Township, Jo Daviess County, Illinois". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved January 17, 2010.
• United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
• United States National Atlas

1. ^ "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.
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.
3. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.

External links

• Jo Daviess County official site
• City-Data.com
• Illinois State Archives
• Township Officials of Illinois

v t e Places adjacent to Dunleith Township, Illinois
Grant County, Wisconsin Dubuque County, Iowa Dunleith Township Menominee Township

v t e 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 Council Hill Elmoville Guilford Massbach North Hanover Pleasant Valley Rice Rodden Schapville Whitton Willow Woodbine
Ghost town	Millville
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