Official Name: | Goose Creek Township |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Image Map1: | Map of Illinois highlighting Piatt County.svg |
Mapsize1: | 150px |
Map Caption1: | Piatt County's location in Illinois |
Coordinates: | 40.1044°N -88.6392°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Illinois |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Piatt |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | November 8, 1859 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 56.32 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 56.3 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.01 |
Area Water Percent: | 0.02 |
Elevation M: | 213 |
Elevation Ft: | 699 |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 14 |
Timezone: | CST |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 17-147-30523 |
Pop Est As Of: | 2016 |
Pop Est Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Est: | 767 |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Goose Creek Township is a township in Piatt County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 790 and it contained 355 housing units.[2]
Ameren's Goose Creek Energy Center, a combustion turbine generator (CTG) power plant, is located in Goose Creek Township.[3]
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, of which (or 99.96%) is land and (or 0.02%) is water.[2]
The township contains eight cemeteries: Deland, Dillow Family, Dooley Family, Kentuck, Marquiss, Morain, Mosgrove and Old Monticello.