Dixon Township, Lee County, Illinois

Dixon Township
Dixon Township
	Township
	Location in Lee County
	Lee County's location in Illinois
	Coordinates: 41°52′04″N89°27′33″W / 41.86778°N 89.45917°W Coordinates: 41°52′04″N89°27′33″W / 41.86778°N 89.45917°W
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Lee
Established	November 6, 1849
Area
• Total	30.36 sq mi (78.6 km2)
• Land	29.11 sq mi (75.4 km2)
• Water	1.25 sq mi (3.2 km2) 4.12%
Elevation	663 ft (202 m)
Population (2010)
• Estimate (2016) [1]	17,271
• Density	618.1/sq mi (238.6/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	61021
FIPS code	17-103-20175

Last updated April 10, 2020

Dixon Township is one of twenty-two townships in Lee County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 17,993 and it contained 7,283 housing units.^[2]

History

Dixon Township was established on November 6, 1849. Two additional townships were created from it; Nelson Township was created on February 28, 1860, and South Dixon Township was created on February 12, 1867.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 30.36 square miles (78.6 km²), of which 29.11 square miles (75.4 km²) (or 95.88%) is land and 1.25 square miles (3.2 km²) (or 4.12%) is water.^[2]

Cities, towns, villages

Dixon (north three-quarters)

Cemeteries

The township contains these five cemeteries: Burket, Chapel Hill, Dixon State School, Mount Union and Oakwood.

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
Est. 2016	17,271	^[1]
U.S. Decennial Census^[3]

School districts

Dixon Unit School District 170

Political districts

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

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References

"Dixon Township, Lee County, Illinois". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved 2011-01-12.
United States Census Bureau 2010 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
United States National Atlas

1 2 "Population and Housing Unit Estimates" . Retrieved June 9, 2017.
1 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 2020-02-12. Retrieved 2013-05-28.
↑ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.

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[USCensusEst2016-1] 1 2 "Population and Housing Unit Estimates" . Retrieved June 9, 2017.

[census-2] 1 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 2020-02-12. Retrieved 2013-05-28.

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

v t e Municipalities and communities of Lee County, Illinois, United States
County seat: Dixon
Cities	Amboy Dixon	Map of Illinois highlighting Lee County
Villages	Ashton Compton Franklin Grove Harmon Lee‡ Nelson Paw Paw Steward Sublette West Brooklyn
Townships	Alto Amboy Ashton Bradford Brooklyn Dixon East Grove Franklin Grove Hamilton Harmon Lee Center Marion May Nachusa Nelson Palmyra Reynolds South Dixon Sublette Viola Willow Creek Wyoming
Unincorporated communities	Binghampton East Paw Paw‡ Eldena Kingdom Lee Center Nachusa Palmyra Roxbury The Burg Twelvemile Corner Van Petten Welland‡
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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