New Salem Township, McDonough County, Illinois

New Salem Township
Township
Location in McDonough County
McDonough County's location in Illinois
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	McDonough
Established	November 4, 1856
Area
• Total	36.23 sq mi (93.8 km2)
• Land	36.22 sq mi (93.8 km2)
• Water	0.02 sq mi (0.05 km2)  0.06%
Population  (2010)
• Estimate  (2016)[1]	352
• Density	10.2/sq mi (3.9/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
FIPS code	17-109-52792

New Salem Township is located in McDonough County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 369 and it contained 168 housing units.^[2] It is Township 5 North, Range 1 West of the Fourth Principal Meridian.

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 36.23 square miles (93.8 km²), of which 36.22 square miles (93.8 km²) (or 99.97%) is land and 0.02 square miles (0.052 km²) (or 0.06%) is water.^[2]

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Municipalities and communities of McDonough County, Illinois, United States

County seat: Macomb

Cities

• Bushnell
• Colchester
• Macomb

Villages

• Bardolph
• Blandinsville
• Good Hope
• Industry
• Plymouth‡
• Prairie City
• Sciota
• Tennessee

Townships

• Bethel
• Blandinsville
• Bushnell
• Chalmers
• Colchester
• Eldorado
• Emmet
• Hire
• Industry
• Lamoine
• Macomb
• Mound
• New Salem
• Prairie City
• Sciota
• Scotland
• Tennessee
• Walnut

CDPs

• Adair
• Georgetown

Other
communities

• Colmar
• Doddsville
• Fandon
• Walnut Grove

Ghost town

• Vishnu Springs

Footnotes

‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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40°25′03″N 90°30′07″W / 40.41750°N 90.50194°W / 40.41750; -90.50194

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