Flannigan Township, Hamilton County, Illinois

Flannigan Township
Flannigan Township
Township
	Location in Hamilton County
	Hamilton County's location in Illinois
	Coordinates: 37°59′44″N 88°38′56″W / 37.99556°N 88.64889°W
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Hamilton
Established	November 3, 1885
Area
• Total	18.41 sq mi (47.7 km2)
• Land	18.38 sq mi (47.6 km2)
• Water	0.04 sq mi (0.1 km2) 0.22%
Elevation	551 ft (168 m)
Population (2010)
• Estimate (2016)	293
• Density	6.3/sq mi (2.4/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes	62859, 62860, 62890
FIPS code	17-065-26324

Flannigan Township is one of twelve townships in Hamilton County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 116 and it contained 74 housing units.^[2]

Geography[edit]

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 36.33 square miles (94.1 km²), of which 36.17 square miles (93.7 km²) (or 99.56%) is land and 0.16 square miles (0.41 km²) (or 0.44%) is water.^[2]

Unincorporated towns[edit]

Braden at 37°59′47″N 88°36′58″W / 37.996437°N 88.616166°W / 37.996437; -88.616166
Rural Hill at 37°57′38″N 88°39′04″W / 37.960604°N 88.651168°W / 37.960604; -88.651168
Tuckers Corners at 37°59′27″N 88°35′44″W / 37.990881°N 88.59561°W / 37.990881; -88.59561
West Rural Hill at 37°57′56″N 88°41′18″W / 37.965604°N 88.688391°W / 37.965604; -88.688391

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

Cemeteries[edit]

The township contains these four cemeteries: Cartwright, Little Springs, Knights Prairie and Lampley. Several Revolutionary War veterans are buried at Little Springs. Cartwright cemetery is named after Methodist evangelist and Illinois statesman Peter Cartwright.

Demographics[edit]

Historical population
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2016 (est.)	293	^[1]
U.S. Decennial Census^[3]

School districts[edit]

Hamilton County Community Unit School District 10

Political districts[edit]

Illinois's 19th congressional district
State House District 117
State Senate District 59

References[edit]

United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
"Flannigan Township". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved September 24, 2009.
United States National Atlas

^ ^a ^b "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.
^ ^a ^b "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.
^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.

External links[edit]

[USCensusEst2016-1] "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.

[census-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.

[DecennialCensus-3] "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Hamilton County, Illinois, United States
County seat: McLeansboro
Cities	McLeansboro	Map of Illinois highlighting Hamilton County
Town	Belle Prairie City
Villages	Broughton Dahlgren Macedonia‡
Townships	Beaver Creek Crook Crouch Dahlgren Flannigan Knights Prairie Mayberry McLeansboro South Crouch South Flannigan South Twigg Twigg
Unincorporated communities	Aden Blairsville Braden Dale Delafield Piopolis Rural Hill Tuckers Corners West Rural Hill
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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