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Chestnut Township
Township
Location in Knox County
Knox County's location in Illinois
Coordinates: 40°45′12″N 90°16′27″W / 40.75333°N 90.27417°W / 40.75333; -90.27417
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Knox
Established	November 2, 1852
Area
• Total	36.18 sq mi (93.7 km)
• Land	36.18 sq mi (93.7 km)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km)  0%
Elevation	676 ft (206 m)
Population
• Estimate	246
• Density	7/sq mi (3/km)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes	61410, 61436, 61458, 61474, 61544
FIPS code	17-095-13217

Chestnut Township is one of twenty-one townships in Knox County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 253 and it contained 121 housing units.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 36.18 square miles (93.7 km), all land.

Cities, towns, villages

• London Mills (northeast quarter)

Unincorporated towns

• Hermon at 40°45′25″N 90°19′11″W / 40.756983°N 90.319848°W / 40.756983; -90.319848

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

Extinct towns

• Bridgeport at 40°44′36″N 90°14′13″W / 40.743372°N 90.237068°W / 40.743372; -90.237068
• Burnside at 40°46′10″N 90°16′24″W / 40.769483°N 90.273458°W / 40.769483; -90.273458

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

Cemeteries

The township contains these four cemeteries: Elias Bragg, Harper, Hermon Christian and Hermon Methodist.

Airports and landing strips

• Davies Landing Strip

Demographics

School districts

• Abingdon Community Unit School District 217
• Knoxville Community Unit School District 202
• Spoon River Valley Community Unit School District 4

Political districts

• Illinois's 17th congressional district
• State House District 74
• State Senate District 37

References

• "Chestnut Township, Knox County, Illinois". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved February 20, 2010.
• United States Census Bureau 2009 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

• City-Data.com
• Illinois State Archives
• Township Officials of Illinois

v t e Places adjacent to Chestnut Township, Knox County, Illinois
Cedar Township Orange Township Haw Creek Township Indian Point Township Chestnut Township Maquon Township Union Township, Fulton County Ellisville Township, Fulton County Young Hickory Township, Fulton County Fairview Township, Fulton County

v t e Municipalities and communities of Knox County, Illinois, United States
County seat: Galesburg
Cities	Abingdon Galesburg Knoxville Oneida
Villages	Altona East Galesburg Henderson London Mills‡ Maquon Rio St. Augustine Victoria Wataga Williamsfield Yates City
Townships	Cedar Chestnut Copley Elba Galesburg City Galesburg Haw Creek Henderson Indian Point Knox Lynn Maquon Ontario Orange Persifer Rio Salem Sparta Truro Victoria Walnut Grove
CDPs	Gilson Oak Run
Other unincorporated communities	Centerville Columbia Heights Dahinda DeLong Douglas Elba Center Henderson Grove Hermon Knox Ontario Rapatee Saluda Soperville Trenton Corners Truro Uniontown
Ghost towns	Appleton Etherly
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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• Townships in Knox County, Illinois
• Galesburg, Illinois micropolitan area
• Populated places established in 1852
• Townships in Illinois
• 1852 establishments in Illinois