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State law specifies that no two townships in Illinois shall have the same name, [3] and that, if the Illinois Secretary of State compares the township abstracts and finds a duplicate, the county that last adopted the name shall instead adopt a different name at the next county board meeting. [4]
The administrative divisions of Illinois are counties, townships, precincts, cities, towns, villages, and special-purpose districts. [1] The basic subdivisions of Illinois are the 102 counties. [2] Illinois has more units of local government than any other state—over 8,000 in all. [3]
Salisbury Township, Sangamon County, Illinois - not shown here, but the USGS topo map shows it surrounding Salisbury, Illinois and as the northern part of Gardner township above that blue congressional township line. US census 2000 and 1990 doesn't seem to list it.
Petersburg is a city in and the county seat of Menard County, Illinois, United States, [4] on the bluffs and part of the floodplain overlooking the Sangamon River. It is part of the Springfield, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,258 at the 2020 census, [3] nearly unchanged from 2010.
Freeport Township is located in Stephenson County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 25,638 and it contained 12,396 housing units. [ 2 ] Freeport Township is coterminous with City of Freeport .
Shields Township is a township in Lake County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census , its population was 39,062. [ 2 ] The Naval Station Great Lakes is located in this township.
Wilberton Township is one of twenty townships in Fayette County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 522 and it contained 184 housing units. [ 1 ] Its name changed from Richland Township on September 24, 1860.
Rutledge Township is one of thirteen townships in DeWitt County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 136 and it contained 63 housing units. [ 2 ] Rutledge Township changed its name from Douglas Township on June 7, 1859.