Alba Township, Henry County, Illinois

Alba Township
Alba Township
Township
	Location in Henry County
	Henry County's location in Illinois
	Coordinates: 41°27′23″N89°54′47″W / 41.45639°N 89.91306°W
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Henry
Established	November 4, 1856
Area
• Total	36.09 sq mi (93.5 km2)
• Land	36.01 sq mi (93.3 km2)
• Water	0.08 sq mi (0.2 km2) 0.22%
Elevation	640 ft (195 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	173
• Density	6.1/sq mi (2.4/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes	61234, 61235, 61277
FIPS code	17-073-00503

Last updated April 26, 2024

Alba Township is one of twenty-four townships in Henry County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 173 and it contained 90 housing units.^[1] Alba Township changed its name from Elba Township on April 13, 1857. The name may be derived from Elba, New York, the native home of a share of the early settlers.^[2]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 36.09 square miles (93.5 km²), of which 36.01 square miles (93.3 km²) (or 99.78%) is land and 0.08 square miles (0.21 km²) (or 0.22%) is water.^[3]

Extinct towns

Kedron at 41°28′06″N89°52′35″W / 41.468368°N 89.876495°W / 41.468368; -89.876495

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

Adjacent townships

Yorktown Township (north)
Fairfield Township, Bureau County (northeast)
Gold Township, Bureau County (east)
Mineral Township, Bureau County (southeast)
Annawan Township (south)
Cornwall Township (southwest)
Atkinson Township (west)
Loraine Township (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains these three cemeteries: Goble, Maple Grove and Sacred Heart.

Major highways

Airports and landing strips

Thompson Airport

Landmarks

Hennepin Canal Parkway State Park (east half)

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	173		—
U.S. Decennial Census^[4]

School districts

Annawan Community Unit School District 226

Political districts

Illinois's 14th congressional district
State House District 90
State Senate District 45

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References

"Alba Township, Henry County, Illinois". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved January 17, 2010.
United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
United States National Atlas

↑ "Alba township, Henry County, Illinois". 2020 United States Census. April 1, 2020. Retrieved April 23, 2024.
↑ Callary, Edward (September 29, 2008). Place Names of Illinois. University of Illinois Press. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-252-09070-7.
↑ "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.

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[1] "Alba township, Henry County, Illinois". 2020 United States Census. April 1, 2020. Retrieved April 23, 2024.

[2] Callary, Edward (September 29, 2008). Place Names of Illinois. University of Illinois Press. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-252-09070-7.

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

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Henry County, Illinois, United States
County seat: Cambridge
Cities	Colona Galva Geneseo Kewanee	Map of Illinois highlighting Henry County
Towns	Annawan Atkinson
Villages	Alpha Andover Bishop Hill Cambridge Cleveland Coal Valley‡ Hooppole Orion Woodhull
Townships	Alba Andover Annawan Atkinson Burns Cambridge Clover Colona Cornwall Edford Galva Geneseo Hanna Kewanee Loraine Lynn Munson Osco Oxford Phenix Weller Western Wethersfield Yorktown
CDPs	Lynn Center Nekoma Opheim Osco
Other communities	Dayton Green River
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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