Derinda_Township,_Jo_Daviess_County,_Illinois

Derinda Township, Jo Daviess County, Illinois

Derinda Township, Jo Daviess County, Illinois

Township in Illinois, United States

"Derinda" redirects here. For other articles with similar names, see Dorinda (disambiguation).

Derinda Township is one of twenty-three townships in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 321 and it contained 176 housing units.[2]

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Derinda Township was named in the 1850s for Derinda Barr, the wife of an early settler.[3]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 37.02 square miles (95.9 km2), of which 36.96 square miles (95.7 km2) (or 99.84%) is land and 0.06 square miles (0.16 km2) (or 0.16%) is water.[2]

Adjacent townships

Cemeteries

The township contains four cemeteries, Albright/Fehler, Massbach/St. John's Evangelical Lutheran, Trinity Lutheran/Derinda Center, and Morrison/Derinda Methodist.

Demographics

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School districts

  • River Ridge Community Unit School District 210
  • Stockton Community Unit School District 206
  • West Carroll Community Unit School District 314

Political districts

References

  • "Derinda Township, Jo Daviess County, Illinois". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved January 17, 2010.
  • United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
  • United States National Atlas
  1. [1]
    "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  2. [2]
    "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved May 28, 2013.
  3. [3]
    Callary, Edward (September 29, 2008). Place Names of Illinois. University of Illinois Press. p. 92. ISBN 978-0-252-09070-7.
  4. [4]
    "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
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