La Harpe Township is one of twenty-four
townships
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in
Hancock County,
Illinois
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,
USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,473 and it contained 714 housing units.
La Harpe Township was named for
Jean-Baptiste Bénard de la Harpe
Jean-Baptiste Bénard de la Harpe (4 February 1683 in Saint-Malo – 26 September 1765) was a French explorer who is credited with the discovery of Little Rock, Arkansas. He was the first known French explorer to set foot in the future state of ...
, a French explorer.
Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , all land.
Cities, towns, villages
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La Harpe
Unincorporated towns
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Disco
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at
(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)
Cemeteries
The township contains LaHarpe City Cemetery.
Major highways
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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 ...
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Illinois Route 94
Illinois Route 94 is a north–south state highway in western Illinois. It runs from U.S. Route 24 (US 24) just east of Camp Point to U.S. Route 67 just south of Oak Grove, just south of the Quad Cities area. This is a distance of .
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Airports and landing strips
* Housewright Airport
Landmarks
* Mayor Memorial Park
Demographics
School districts
LaHarpe Community School District 347, grades K-8, &
Illini West High School District 307
Political districts
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Illinois's 18th congressional district
The 18th congressional district of Illinois covered central and western Illinois, including all of Jacksonville and Quincy and parts of Bloomington, Peoria, and Springfield. It was last represented by Republican Darin LaHood, who took of ...
* State House District 94
* State Senate District 47
References
United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles*
United States National Atlas
External links
Township Officials of Illinois
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Townships in Hancock County, Illinois
Townships in Illinois