Fountain Creek Township is one of twenty-six townships in Iroquois County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 368 and it contained 145 housing units. Fountain Creek Township formed from a portion of Ash Grove Township on September 15, 1868.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , all land. Nearly all of the township consists of flat, open farmland. Two small waterways, Fountain Creek and Whiskey Creek, flow northeast across the township and meet north of Goodwine.

Fountain Creek Township, Iroquois County, Illinois

A Union Pacific rail line connecting Chicago and St. Louis runs northeast-to-southwest through the eastern half of the township, and a branch of the defunct Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad crosses it near the northern border.

Fountain Creek Township, Iroquois County, Illinois

Unincorporated towns

Claytonville at , half a mile from the northern edge of the township on County Road 1600 East. Fountain Creek at on County Road 200 North. Goodwine at , two miles east of Claytonville on County Road 1800 East. (This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)

Fountain Creek Township, Iroquois County, Illinois

Cemeteries

The township contains one cemetery: Old Apostolic, near Fountain Creek.

Demographics

School districts

Cissna Park Community Unit School District 6

Hoopeston Area Community Unit School District 11

Milford Area Public Schools #124

Political districts

Illinois' 15th congressional district

State House District 105

State Senate District 53

References

United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles

United States National Atlas

External links

City-Data.com

Illinois State Archives

Townships in Iroquois County, Illinois

Townships in Illinois