Fairhaven Township, Carroll County, Illinois
Encyclopedia
Fairhaven Township is one of twelve 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 Carroll County, Illinois
Illinois
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, 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 888.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
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, Fairhaven Township covers an area of 37.95 square miles (98.3 km²).

Unincorporated towns

  • Fair Haven
    Fair Haven, Illinois
    Fair Haven is an unincorporated community in Carroll County, Illinois, United States. Fair Haven is west-southwest of Milledgeville....


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

Cemeteries

The township contains these four cemeteries: Black Oak Lutheran, Chadwick Methodist, Fairhaven and Hope Brethern.

Major highways

  • Illinois Route 78
    Illinois Route 78
    Illinois Route 78 is a major north–south highway in western Illinois. It runs from Illinois Route 104 northwest of Jacksonville north to Highway 78 at the Wisconsin state line north of Warren...

  • Illinois Route 88

Political districts

  • Illinois' 16th congressional district
    Illinois' 16th congressional district
    The 16th Congressional District of Illinois covers a part of northern Illinois, including the cities of Rockford, Crystal Lake, Machesney Park, Belvidere, Freeport and Galena, and all or parts of Jo Daviess, Stephenson, Winnebago, Boone, McHenry, Carroll, Ogle, DeKalb, and Whiteside counties.For...

  • State House District 71
  • State Senate District 36

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