Bear Creek Township
Township
Location in Hancock County
Location in Hancock County
Hancock County's location in Illinois
Hancock County's location in Illinois
Coordinates: 40°19′43″N 91°11′55″W / 40.32861°N 91.19861°W / 40.32861; -91.19861
Country United States
State Illinois
CountyHancock
EstablishedNovember 6, 1849
Area
 • Total36.32 sq mi (94.1 km2)
 • Land36.26 sq mi (93.9 km2)
 • Water0.06 sq mi (0.2 km2)  0.17%
Elevation
640 ft (195 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Estimate 
(2016)[1]
337
 • Density9.5/sq mi (3.7/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes
62313, 62321, 62341, 62379, 62380
FIPS code17-067-04338

Bear Creek Township is one of twenty-four townships in Hancock County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 345 and it contained 165 housing units.[2]

Vineyard History

In the 1860s and 1870s, the grapes grown in Bear Creek at the vineyard of Gabriel Morlot were well known in the state. They won first place at the 17th Annual Illinois State Fair in 1869 in the categories of "Best Two Bottles of Catawba, Product of this State", "Best Two Bottles of Clinton, Product of this State", and "Best Two Bottles of Concord, Product of this State", earning three silver medals.[3]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 36.32 square miles (94.1 km2), of which 36.26 square miles (93.9 km2) (or 99.83%) is land and 0.06 square miles (0.16 km2) (or 0.17%) is water.[2]

Cities, towns, villages

Cemeteries

The township contains these four cemeteries: Bethel, Graham, South Basco and West Basco.

Cozart Cemetery is located south of Elvastan in the middle of a field now farmed by the Geissler Brothers. This cemetery is timed in the 19th century and is also the resting place for Alexander K. Patterson, one of four war veterans buried in Handcock

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2016 (est.)337[1]
U.S. Decennial Census[4]

School districts

  • Hamilton Community Consolidated School District 328
  • Southeastern Community Unit School District 337
  • Warsaw Community Unit School District 316

Political districts

References

  • United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
  • "Bear Creek Township". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved September 20, 2009.
  • United States National Atlas
  1. 1 2 "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  2. 1 2 "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.
  3. ↑ Reynolds, John P. (1871). Transactions of the Illinois State Agricultural Society with Reports from County and District Agricultural Societies. Illinois Journal Printing Office. p. 26.
  4. ↑ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
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