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La Fayette (named after Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, pronounced locally "Lay - fay - et") is a village in Stark County, Illinois. It is located south of Kewanee off Route 78 on Route 17|IL-17 (Madison Street). The population was 223 at the 2010 census, down from 227 in 2000. It is part of the Peoria, Illinois Metropolitan ...
Illinois's FIPS state code is 17 and its postal abbreviation is IL. What is now Illinois was claimed as part of Illinois County, Virginia, between 1778 and 1782. Modern-day county formation dates to 1790 when the area was part of the Northwest Territory; two counties—St. Clair and Knox—were created at that time.
Lafayette Township is one of twelve townships in Coles County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 4,765 and it contained 2,240 housing units. [ 1 ] The Coles County Memorial Airport is located in this township.
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Fayette County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. As of the 2020 census , the population was 21,488. [ 1 ] Its county seat is Vandalia , [ 2 ] the site of the Vandalia State House State Historic Site .
Lafayette Township may refer to one of the following places in the State of Illinois: Lafayette Township, Coles County, Illinois;
LaFayette Township is located in Ogle County, Illinois.As of the 2010 census, its population was 170 and it contained 72 housing units. [1] A referendum to merge LaFayette Township with neighboring Taylor Township failed when Taylor voted against the referendum.
Of the 102 counties of the state of Illinois, 84 are organized into civil townships, usually referred to as simply "townships" in state law. All told, Illinois has 1,428 such townships, and they are the slight majority of the state's general units of local government.