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Galesburg City Township, Knox County, Illinois

Township in Illinois, United States

40°57′00″N 90°22′41″W / 40.95000°N 90.37806°W / 40.95000; -90.37806Country

United StatesState

IllinoisCountyKnoxArea

• Total17.93 sq mi (46.4 km²) • Land17.75 sq mi (46.0 km²) • Water0.18 sq mi (0.5 km²) 1.00%Elevation

764 ft (233 m)Population

(2010)

• Estimate

(2016)^[1]

30,960 • Density1,813.8/sq mi (700.3/km²)Time zoneUTC-6 (CST) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)ZIP codes

61401, 61410, 61436

FIPS code17-095-28352

Galesburg City Township is one of twenty-one townships in Knox County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 32,195 and it contained 14,280 housing units.^[2] It is coextensive with the city of Galesburg, which is mostly surrounded by Galesburg Township.^[3]

In the 2001 fiscal year, the township employed eighteen individuals and operated with expenditures of $849,752.^[4]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 17.93 square miles (46.4 km²), of which 17.75 square miles (46.0 km²) (or 99.00%) is land and 0.18 square miles (0.47 km²) (or 1.00%) is water.^[2]

Cemeteries

The township contains these six cemeteries: Brookside, East Linwood, Hope, Lewis, Linwood and Memorial Park.

Airports and landing strips

Galesburg Cottage Hospital Heliport
Galesburg Municipal Airport

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2016 (est.)	30,960	^[1]
U.S. Decennial Census^[5]

School districts

Abingdon Community Unit School District 217
Galesburg Community Unit School District 205
Knoxville Community Unit School District 202

Political districts

Illinois's 17th congressional district
State House District 74
State Senate District 37

References

"Galesburg City Township, Knox County, Illinois". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 26 February 2010.
United States Census Bureau 2009 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
United States National Atlas

^ ^a ^b "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved 9 June 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 12 February 2020. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
^ Official map by the United States Census Bureau; Knox County listed on page 8
^ Local Government Profile – Galesburg City Township Archived 4 April 2017 at the Wayback Machine, Illinois Comptroller. Accessed 26 February 2010.
^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved 4 June 2016.