Dunleith Township, Jo Daviess County, Illinois

Township in Illinois, United States

42°28′42″N 90°36′48″W / 42.47833°N 90.61333°W / 42.47833; -90.61333CountryUnited StatesStateIllinoisCounty Jo DaviessEstablishedMarch 2, 1865Government

• SupervisorVincent HaskenArea

• Total11.75 sq mi (30.4 km²) • Land9.45 sq mi (24.5 km²) • Water2.29 sq mi (5.9 km²) 19.49%Elevation

732 ft (223 m)Population

(2010)

• Estimate

(2016)^[1]

3,672 • Density404.2/sq mi (156.1/km²)Time zoneUTC-6 (CST) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)ZIP codes

61025

FIPS code17-085-21202

Dunleith Township is one of 23 townships in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,820 and it contained 1,713 housing units.^[2] It was formed from Menominee Township on March 2, 1865.

Geography

Dunleith Township is in the very northwest corner of Illinois, abutting Wisconsin to the north and Iowa to the west across the Mississippi River.

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 11.75 square miles (30.4 km²), of which 9.45 square miles (24.5 km²) (or 80.43%) is land and 2.29 square miles (5.9 km²) (or 19.49%) is water.^[2]

Dunleith is Townships 28 (part) and 29 North, Range 2 (part) West of the Fourth Principal Meridian.

Cities, towns, villages

East Dubuque

Major highways

U.S. Route 20 - east towards Galena and west over the Mississippi River on the Julien Dubuque Bridge to Dubuque, Iowa
Illinois Route 35 - a northeast-southwest route from Jct US 20 in East Dubuque to the Wisconsin state line, continuing as

Rivers

Mississippi River

Lakes

Frentress Lake
Round Lake
Switzer Lake

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2016 (est.)	3,672	^[1]
U.S. Decennial Census^[3]

School districts

East Dubuque Community Unit School District 119

Political districts

Illinois' 16th congressional district
State House District 89
State Senate District 45

References

"Dunleith Township, Jo Daviess County, Illinois". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved January 17, 2010.
United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
United States National Atlas

^ ^a ^b "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 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 February 12, 2020. Retrieved May 28, 2013.
^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.