Dix Township is one of twelve

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in Ford County,

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. As of the 2010 census, its population was 642 and it contained 284 housing units.

History

Dix Township was originally named Drummer Grove Township; on September 2, 1864 it was renamed named in honor of

John Adams Dix John Adams Dix (July 24, 1798 – April 21, 1879) was an American politician and military officer who was Secretary of the Treasury, Governor of New York and Union major general during the Civil War. He was notable for arresting the pro-Souther ...

.Callary, Edward. 2009. ''Place Names of Illinois''. Champaign: University of Illinois Press, p. 94.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.89%) is land and (or 0.11%) is water.

Cities, towns, villages

* Elliott

Unincorporated towns

* Guthrie

Cemeteries

The township contains these three cemeteries: Blackford, Oregon, and Pontoppidan.

Major highways

Illinois Route 9 Illinois Route 9 (IL 9) is a cross-state, east–west rural state highway in the central part of the U.S. state of Illinois. It travels from Niota at the Fort Madison Toll Bridge, that crosses the Mississippi River into Iowa, eastward across ce ...

Illinois Route 54 Illinois Route 54 (IL 54) is a east–west highway in east-central Illinois. It passes through the cities of Clinton, Gibson City, and Onarga. Its western terminus is at Interstate 55 (I-55) in Springfield. Its eastern terminus is at U.S. Ro ...

Airports and landing strips

* Barnes Landing Strip * Gibson City Municipal Airport

Demographics

School districts

* Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley Community Unit School District 5

Political districts

* Illinois' 15th congressional district * State House District 105 * State Senate District 53

References

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United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles

United States National Atlas

External links

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