Willow Branch Township is a township in Piatt County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 839 and it contained 355 housing units.
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History
Willow Branch Township changed its name from Liberty Township sometime around 1860.
The area is the site of a major archaeological site of the University of Illinois along the nearby Sangamon River of the homestead of Ira Sarlls, an early pioneer farmer to the area from New York
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Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 67.39 square miles (174.5 km2), of which 67.33 square miles (174.4 km2) (or 99.91%) is land and 0.06 square miles (0.16 km2) (or 0.09%) is water. The streams of Wildcat Creek and Willow Branch run through this township.
Cities and towns
- Cisco
Extinct towns
- Amenia
Adjacent townships
- Goose Creek Township (north)
- Monticello Township (east)
- Bement Township (southeast)
- Cerro Gordo Township (south)
- Oakley Township, Macon County (southwest)
- Friends Creek Township, Macon County (west)
- Whitmore Township, Macon County (west)
- Nixon Township, DeWitt County (northwest)
Cemeteries
The township contains eight cemeteries: Ater, Cronninger, Pioneer, Stringtown, Van Meter, Warfield Family, West France and Willow Branch.
Major highways
- Interstate 72
- Illinois State Route 48
Airports and landing strips
- Norfleet Farms Airport
Demographics
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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