Mills Township, Bond County, Illinois

Mills Township
Township
Location in Bond County
Bond County's location in Illinois
Coordinates: 38°47′19″N 89°25′16″W / 38.78861°N 89.42111°WCoordinates: 38°47′19″N 89°25′16″W / 38.78861°N 89.42111°W
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Bond
Settlement	November 6, 1888
Area
• Total	36.5 sq mi (95 km^2)
• Land	36.46 sq mi (94.4 km^2)
• Water	0.04 sq mi (0.1 km^2)  0.11%
Elevation	505 ft (154 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	552
• Density	15.1/sq mi (5.8/km^2)
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP codes	62231, 62246, 62275
GNIS feature ID	0429368

Mills Township is one of nine townships in Bond County, Illinois, US. As of the 2010 census, its population was 552 and it contained 221 housing units.^[1]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 36.5 square miles (95 km²), of which 36.46 square miles (94.4 km²) (or 99.89%) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km²) (or 0.11%) is water.^[1]

Unincorporated towns

• Beaver Creek
• Dudleyville

Cemeteries

The township contains these three cemeteries: Greene, Weinheimer and Wisetown.

Major highways

• Illinois State Route 127
• Illinois State Route 143

School districts

• Bond County Community Unit School District 2

Born in Mills

• Leona Roberts (1879–1954), theatre and film actress, perhaps best known as Mrs. Meade in Gone with the Wind

Political districts

• Illinois' 19th congressional district
• State House District 102
• State Senate District 51

References

• "Mills Township, Bond County, Illinois". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
• 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 2013-05-28.

External links

• City-Data.com
• Illinois State Archives