Artesia Township is one of twenty-six townships in Iroquois County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 945 and it contained 428 housing units. Artesia Township formed from portions of Ash Grove and Loda townships sometime prior to 1921.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.90%) is land and (or 0.10%) is water.

Artesia Township, Iroquois County, Illinois

Cities, towns, villages

Buckley

Cemeteries

The township contains these two cemeteries: Lisk and Saint John's Lutheran.

Artesia Township, Iroquois County, Illinois

Major highways

Interstate 57

U.S. Route 45

Demographics

School districts

Cissna Park Community Unit School District 6

Iroquois West Community Unit School District 10

Paxton-Buckley-Loda Community Unit School District 10

Political districts

Illinois' 15th congressional district

State House District 105

State Senate District 53

References

United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles

United States National Atlas

External links

City-Data.com

Illinois State Archives

Townships in Iroquois County, Illinois

Townships in Illinois

Artesia Township, Iroquois County, Illinois