Goose Creek Township, Piatt County, Illinois
Goose Creek Township is a township in Piatt County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 790 and it contained 355 housing units.
AmerenUE's Goose Creek Energy Center, a natural gas power station, located in the township between Lodge, Illinois and De Land, Illinois. (40°06′25″N 88°35′57″W / 40.106942°N 88.599281°W)
Ameren's Goose Creek Energy Center, a combustion turbine generator (CTG) power plant, is located in Goose Creek Township.
Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 56.32 square miles (145.9 km), of which 56.3 square miles (146 km) (or 99.96%) is land and 0.01 square miles (0.026 km) (or 0.02%) is water.
Cities and towns
Adjacent townships
- Santa Anna Township, DeWitt County (north)
- Blue Ridge Township (northeast)
- Sangamon Township (east)
- Monticello Township (southeast)
- Willow Branch Township (south)
- Friends Creek Township, Macon County (southwest)
- Nixon Township, DeWitt County (west)
- DeWitt Township, DeWitt County (northwest)
Cemeteries
The township contains eight cemeteries: Deland, Dillow Family, Dooley Family, Kentuck, Marquiss, Morain, Mosgrove and Old Monticello.
Major highways
References
- ^ "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.
- ^ "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.
- ^ http://www.ameren.com/source/AboutUs/Pages/ADC_CTGs.aspx
- ^ http://www.cilco.com/AboutUs/ADC_AU_FactSheet.pdf
External links
- US-Counties.com
- City-Data.com
- Illinois State Archives
- U.S. Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)
- United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files
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