Papineau Township, Iroquois County, Illinois

Papineau Township is one of twenty-six townships in Iroquois County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 499 and it contained 204 housing units.

Originally named Weygandt by early Dutch settlers, the township name was changed in 1862 by later French-Canadian settlers to Papineau, after the Québec nationalist hero of the 1830s Louis-Joseph Papineau.

Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 29.66 sqmi, of which 29.51 sqmi (or 99.49%) is land and 0.15 sqmi (or 0.51%) is water.

Cities, towns, villages

 * Papineau

Cemeteries
The township contains these four cemeteries: Jones, Oak Ridge, Papineau and Saint Joseph.

Major highways

 * [[Image:Illinois 1.svg|25px]] Illinois Route 1

School districts

 * Donovan Community Unit School District 3

Political districts

 * Illinois's 15th congressional district
 * State House District 79
 * State Senate District 40