Isabel Township, Fulton County, Illinois

Isabel Township
Township
Location in Fulton County
Fulton County's location in Illinois
Coordinates: 40°18′27″N 90°09′46″W / 40.30750°N 90.16278°WCoordinates: 40°18′27″N 90°09′46″W / 40.30750°N 90.16278°W
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Fulton
Established	November 6, 1849
Area
• Total	29.37 sq mi (76.1 km^2)
• Land	29.23 sq mi (75.7 km^2)
• Water	0.14 sq mi (0.4 km^2)  0.48%
Elevation	495 ft (151 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	192
• Density	6.6/sq mi (2.5/km^2)
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP codes	61441, 61501, 61542 62644
GNIS feature ID	0429175

Isabel Township is one of twenty-six townships in Fulton County, Illinois, USA. At the 2010 census, its population was 192 and it contained 87 housing units.^[1]

Administration history

Township Supervisors

Name	Year	Name	Year
Jeremiah Farris	1850-51	William Farris	1866-69
Robert Carter	1852-53	Josiah Hendee	1870
William Craig	1854-55	T.B. Duncan	1871
Alex Freeman	1856-57	John Lane	1872
Robert Carter	1858	Robert K. Walker	1873
Alex Freeman	1859	James M. Lane	1874-75
C.J. Dilworth	1860	Robert G. Mulica	1876
John Lane	1861-64	James Foutch	1877-79
William Craig	1865

Town Clerks

• Jesse Benson……....1850 Robert G. Mulica..1872-73
• William Craig.....1860 Jesse Benson.........1874-77
• Jesse Benson......1861-69 Stephen J. Benson.1878
• Roland C. Benson..1870 Thomas Brown......1879
• Hugh Murrey… …...1871

Local government

Township Supervisor

• Greg Juergens (2005)
• Dennis Barr (2001)
• Gary Crum (1989)
• Larry Tarvin (?)
• Carl Gowdy (?)

Town Clerk

• Janice Colglazier (2008)
• Pat Robinson (1988)

Road Commissioner

• Gary Whitmore (2015 )Appointed
• Matt Stephens (2013) Resigned
• Dennis Barr (2005)
• Ed Weatherford (1997)
• Carrol Weaver (1980)

Trustees

• Monty Graham (
• Craig Porter (
• Pat Colglazier (2008)
• Rose Juergens (2013)

Mailing Address

P.O. Box 168 Lewistown, IL. 61542

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 29.37 square miles (76.1 km²), of which 29.23 square miles (75.7 km²) (or 99.52%) is land and 0.14 square miles (0.36 km²) (or 0.48%) is water.^[1]

Existing towns (unincorporated)

• Duncan Mills - Duncan’s Mills is a small place of business with a post office on the Spoon River, deriving its name from the gris-tmill at the point formerly owned and operated by George Duncan, an early settler there, and a very highly respected citizen. From 1840 to 1855, perhaps for a greater length of time, his was the largest grist-mill within a radius of 15 to 20 miles.

Extinct towns

• Otto
• Spoon River village
• West Havana
• Point Isabel was an old shipping point on the Illinois River, at the mouth of the Spoon River and directly across from Havana, and was the southern terminus of the Fulton County Narrow Gauge railway connecting to Fairview and Galesburg.
• Bessler's Station (aka Barrett's Station) was a station on the Narrow Gauge Railroad until 1910.

Cemeteries

The township contains six cemeteries: Duncan, Farris, Foutch, Freeman, Kearney and Otto.

Major highways

• US Route 24
• US Route 136
• Illinois Route 78
• Illinois Route 100

School districts

• Lewistown School District 97

Political districts

• Illinois' 17th congressional district
• State House District 94
• State Senate District 47

References

• "Isabel Township, Fulton County, Illinois". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2010-01-16.
• United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
• United States National Atlas

1. "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census. Retrieved May 28, 2013.

External links

• City-Data.com
• Illinois State Archives