Dover Township, Bureau County, Illinois
Encyclopedia
Dover Township is one of twenty-five townships
Civil township
A civil township is a widely used unit of local government in the United States, subordinate to, and geographic divisions of, a county. Specific responsibilities and the degree of autonomy vary based on each state. Civil townships are distinct from survey townships, but in states that have both,...

 in Bureau County
Bureau County, Illinois
Bureau County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 34,978, which is a decrease of 1.5% from 35,503 in 2000. Its county seat is Princeton. Bureau County is part of the Ottawa–Streator Micropolitan Statistical Area...

, Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...

, USA
United States
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. As of the 2000 census
United States Census, 2000
The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...

, its population was 585.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data...

, Dover Township covers an area of 36.85 square miles (95.4 km²).

Cities

  • Dover
    Dover, Illinois
    Dover is a village in Bureau County, Illinois, United States. The population was 172 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Ottawa–Streator Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Dover is located at ....

     (west three-quarters)
  • Princeton
    Princeton, Illinois
    Princeton is a city in Bureau County, Illinois, United States. The population was 7,501 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Bureau County.Princeton is part of the Ottawa–Streator Micropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...

     (north edge)

Unincorporated towns

  • Greenoak
    Greenoak, Illinois
    Greenoak is an unincorporated community in Bureau County, Illinois, United States. Greenoak is north of Dover....

  • Limerick
    Limerick, Illinois
    Limerick is an unincorporated community in Bureau County, Illinois, United States. Limerick is located on Illinois Route 26 north of Princeton....


(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)

Cemeteries

The township contains these six cemeteries: Dover, Heatons Point, Limerick, Mason, Pioneer and Prairie Repose.

Major highways

  • US Route 34
  • Illinois Route 26
    Illinois Route 26
    Illinois Route 26 is a north–south state road in central and north-central Illinois. It runs from Illinois Route 116 just north of East Peoria to Highway 69 at the Wisconsin border near Orangeville. This is a distance of .- Route description :...


Political districts

  • Illinois' 11th congressional district
    Illinois' 11th congressional district
    The 11th Congressional District of Illinois includes the towns of Joliet, Bloomington, Normal, Kankakee, LaSalle, Ottawa and Streator, and all or parts of Will, Kankakee, Grundy, LaSalle, Bureau, Woodford and McLean counties...

  • State House District 74
  • State Senate District 37

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