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Guilford Township
Township
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Location in Jo Daviess County
Jo Daviess County's location in Illinois
Coordinates: 42°24′50″N 90°17′24″W / 42.41389°N 90.29000°W / 42.41389; -90.29000
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Jo Daviess
Established	November 2, 1852
Area
• Total	37.34 sq mi (96.7 km)
• Land	37.15 sq mi (96.2 km)
• Water	0.19 sq mi (0.5 km)  0.51%
Elevation	794 ft (242 m)
Population
• Estimate	1,175
• Density	32.5/sq mi (12.5/km)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes	61028, 61036, 61075
Area code	815 779
FIPS code	17-085-31979

Guilford Township is one of 23 townships in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, United States. At the 2010 census, its population was 1,206 and it contained 1,972 housing units.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 37.34 square miles (96.7 km), of which 37.15 square miles (96.2 km) (or 99.49%) is land and 0.19 square miles (0.49 km) (or 0.51%) is water.

Cemeteries

The township contains Singers Catholic Cemetery and a small cemetery that has the Jelly family, Taylor family and others. Located on Cemetery Ridge Rd. Dating circa 1840.

Major highways

• U.S. Route 20
• Illinois Route 84

Landmarks

• The Galena Territory, a census-designated place

Demographics

School districts

• River Ridge Community Unit School District 210
• Scales Mound Community Unit School District 211

Political districts

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

References

• "Guilford 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 Guilford Township, Illinois
Council Hill Township Scales Mound Township East Galena Township Guilford Township Thompson Township Rice Township Elizabeth Township Woodbine 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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