Princeton Township, Bureau County, Illinois

Princeton Township
Princeton Township
Township
	Location in Bureau County
	Bureau County's location in Illinois
	Coordinates: 41°21′52″N 89°26′59″W / 41.36444°N 89.44972°WCoordinates: 41°21′52″N 89°26′59″W / 41.36444°N 89.44972°W
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Bureau
Established	November 6, 1849
Area
• Total	36.62 sq mi (94.8 km2)
• Land	36.59 sq mi (94.8 km2)
• Water	0.03 sq mi (0.08 km2) 0.08%
Elevation	696 ft (212 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	9,331
• Estimate (2016)	8,953
• Density	255/sq mi (98/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes	61356, 61368
FIPS code	17-011-61912

Princeton Township is one of twenty-five townships in Bureau County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2016 census, its population was 8,953. As of the 2010 census, it contained 4,432 housing units.^[2]

Geography[]

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 36.62 square miles (94.8 km²), of which 36.59 square miles (94.8 km²) (or 99.92%) is land and 0.03 square miles (0.078 km²) (or 0.08%) is water.^[2]

Cities[]

Princeton (partial)

Cemeteries[]

The township contains four cemeteries:

Elm Lawn^[3]
Jenkins-Green
Oakland^[4]
Woodlawn-Stoner

Major highways[]

Interstate 80
US Route 6
US Route 34
Illinois Route 26

Airports and landing strips[]

Perry Memorial Hospital Heliport

Landmarks[]

Princeton Park

Demographics[]

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
2016 (est.)	8,953	^[1]
US Decennial Census^[5]

School districts[]

Bureau Valley Community Unit School District 340
Princeton Elementary School District 115
Princeton High School District 500

Political districts[]

Illinois's 11th congressional district
State House District 74
State Senate District 37

References[]

"Princeton Township, Bureau County, Illinois". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 4 January 2010.
US Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
US National Atlas

^ ^a ^b "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County". US Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 12 February 2020. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
^ Elm Lawn
^ Oakland
^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.

External links[]

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

[census-2] "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County". US Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 12 February 2020. Retrieved 28 May 2013.

[3] Elm Lawn

[4] Oakland

[5] "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.

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v t Municipalities and communities of Bureau County, Illinois, United States
County seat: Princeton
Cities	Princeton Spring Valley
Villages	Arlington Buda Bureau Junction Cherry Dalzell‡ DePue Dover Hollowayville La Moille Ladd Malden Manlius Mineral Neponset New Bedford Ohio Seatonville Sheffield Tiskilwa Walnut Wyanet
Townships	Arispie Berlin Bureau Clarion Concord Dover Fairfield Gold Greenville Hall Indiantown Lamoille Leepertown Macon Manlius Milo Mineral Neponset Ohio Princeton Selby Walnut Westfield Wheatland Wyanet
Unincorporated communities	Burnett Churchill Clarion Coal Hollow Greenoak Hegeler Hicks Corners Kasbeer Langley Limerick Lone Tree Corners Love Marquette Milo Normandy Ottville Providence Thomas Van Orin Webster Park Wendel Whitefield‡ Yorktown Zearing
Ghost town	Bourbonais
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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