Fountain Creek Township, Iroquois County, Illinois

Fountain Creek Township is one of twenty-six townships in Iroquois County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 368 and it contained 145 housing units. Fountain Creek Township formed from a portion of Ash Grove Township on September 15, 1868.

Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 36.23 sqmi, all land. Nearly all of the township consists of flat, open farmland. Two small waterways, Fountain Creek and Whiskey Creek, flow northeast across the township and meet north of Goodwine.

A Union Pacific rail line connecting Chicago and St. Louis runs northeast-to-southwest through the eastern half of the township, and a branch of the defunct Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad crosses it near the northern border.

Unincorporated towns
(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)
 * Claytonville at 40.56698°N, -87.82309°W, half a mile from the northern edge of the township on County Road 1600 East.
 * Fountain Creek at 40.51615°N, -87.81086°W on County Road 200 North.
 * Goodwine at 40.56726°N, -87.78447°W, two miles east of Claytonville on County Road 1800 East.

Cemeteries
The township contains one cemetery: Old Apostolic, near Fountain Creek.

School districts

 * Cissna Park Community Unit School District 6
 * Hoopeston Area Community Unit School District 11
 * Milford Area Public Schools #124

Political districts

 * Illinois' 15th congressional district
 * State House District 105
 * State Senate District 53