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词条 May Township, Christian County, Illinois
释义

  1. History

  2. Geography

     Cities, towns, villages  Unincorporated towns  Cemeteries  Major highways  Airports and landing strips 

  3. Demographics

  4. School districts

  5. Political districts

  6. References

  7. External links

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|established_date = November 7, 1865
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}}May Township is one of seventeen townships in Christian County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,581 and it contained 668 housing units.[2]

History

May Township was established November 7, 1865,[3] as Smith Township, but was later changed to Howard, then Penn, and finally to May. References as to when the name changes happened have been lost.[4] It was named in honor of Colonel Charles May, of the artillery arm of the service in the Mexican–American War.[5]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of {{convert|36.41|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|36.34|sqmi}} (or 99.81%) is land and {{convert|0.07|sqmi}} (or 0.19%) is water.[2]

The highest point in May Township is located approximately 20 feet south of the centerline of County Road 1600 North, at roughly 1816 East (.16 miles East of 1800 North Road, a/k/a Christian County Highway #7).

Cities, towns, villages

  • Taylorville (east edge)

Unincorporated towns

  • Old Stonington at {{coord|39.611431|-89.147861|scale:10000|display=inline}}
  • Willey Station at {{coord|39.596988|-89.233419|scale:10000|display=inline}}

Cemeteries

The township contains these four cemeteries: Fraley, Harris Number 2, Long and Tanner.

Major highways

  • Illinois Route 29
  • Illinois Route 48

Airports and landing strips

  • Anselm Landing Strip

Demographics

{{US Census population
|estyear=2016
|estimate=1538
|estref=[6]
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census[7]
}}

School districts

  • Central A & M Community Unit School District 21
  • Taylorville Community Unit School District 3

Political districts

  • State House District 87
  • State House District 98
  • State Senate District 44
  • State Senate District 49

References

  • {{cite gnis|0429342|May Township, Christian County, Illinois|2010-01-04}}
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20131012114821/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/tgrshp2009/tgrshp2009.html United States Census Bureau 2009 TIGER/Line Shapefiles]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20081205020547/http://www.nationalatlas.gov/ United States National Atlas]
  • Illinois Atlas & Gazetteer; Third Edition, Second Printing; Copyright 2000 DeLorme; {{ISBN|0-89933-321-4}}; pp 62
1. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.2016.html|title=Population and Housing Unit Estimates|accessdate=June 9, 2017}}
2. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US17021 |title=Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1 |publisher=United States Census |accessdate=2013-05-28}}
3. ^http://www.ilsos.gov/GenealogyMWeb/NameIndexLocalGovernmentsServlet
4. ^Christian County Fact Sheet {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012115220/http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/irad/christian.html |date=2007-10-12 }}
5. ^May Township history
6. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.2016.html|title=Population and Housing Unit Estimates|accessdate=June 9, 2017}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}

External links

  • City-Data.com
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20071012115220/http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/irad/christian.html Illinois State Archives]
  • Township Officials of Illinois
{{Geographic Location
|Centre = May Township
|North=Stonington Township
|East=Prairieton Township
|Southeast=Assumption Township
|South=Locust Township
|Southwest=Johnson Township
|West=Taylorville Township
|Northwest=Buckhart Township
}}{{Christian County, Illinois}}

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