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Stratton Township is one of fifteen townships in Edgar County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 461 and it contained 212 housing units. The name of the township was Wayne Township until May 9, 1857.
Stratton Township was established in 1856. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 481 to 461 (-4%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
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What they wrote about Stratton Township in 1879
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The History of Edgar County, Illinois1879 · page 472Read the page →
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The first settlement made in Stratton Township, as bounded at present, is supposed to have been made by Daniel Lane in the spring of 1818, whose land lay partly in this and partly in Hunter Township, where he is more particularly referred to.
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The first settlement made in Stratton Township, as bounded at present, is supposed to have been made by Daniel Lane in the spring of 1818, whose land lay partly in this and partly in Hunter Township, where he is more particularly referred to.
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The History of Edgar County, Illinois, containing a history of the county--its cities, towns, &c.1879 · page 472Read the page →
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The first settlement made in Stratton Township, as bounded at present, is supposed to have been made by Daniel Lane in the spring of 1818, whose land lay partly in this and partly in Hunter Township, wLere he is more particularly referred to.
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Stratton Township is generally rather level, though sufficiently rolling to drain well. It has no water-courses of any consequence, Coal Creek and one or two other small branches running through it. The town is pretty well diversified between timber and prairie, the former, perhaps, predominating. It is traversed from east to west by the Indianapolis & St. Louis Railroad, which has proved of great value to the town and its inhabitants, both in giving them a market at home, and in moving the large quantities of grain and stock produced in the neighborhood. As a full history of this road is given in the gen-
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