Viola Township, Lee County, Illinois
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Viola Township is located in Lee County, 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,...
. The population was 279 at the 2000 census. Viola Township was originally named Stockton Township and was formed from Brooklyn Township
Brooklyn Township, Lee County, Illinois
Brooklyn Township is one of twenty-two townships in Lee County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 876. In September 1858, Reynolds Township was formed from part of Brooklyn Township.-Geography:...
on February 12, 1861. The name was changed to Viola Township in September, 1861.