Ora Township, Jackson County, Illinois

Ora Township
Ora Township
Township
	Location in Jackson County
	Jackson County's location in Illinois
	Coordinates: 37°54′40″N 89°25′31″W / 37.91111°N 89.42528°W
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Jackson
Established	November 4, 1884
Area
• Total	36.73 sq mi (95.1 km2)
• Land	36.63 sq mi (94.9 km2)
• Water	0.1 sq mi (0.3 km2) 0.27%
Elevation	453 ft (138 m)
Population (2010)
• Estimate (2016)	502
• Density	14/sq mi (5/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes	62274, 62907, 62966, 62994
FIPS code	17-077-56276

Ora Township is one of sixteen townships in Jackson County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 514 and it contained 210 housing units.^[2]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 36.73 square miles (95.1 km²), of which 36.63 square miles (94.9 km²) (or 99.73%) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km²) (or 0.27%) is water.^[2]

Unincorporated towns

Oraville at 37°51′54″N 89°23′00″W / 37.865051°N 89.383423°W / 37.865051; -89.383423
Sato at 37°54′32″N 89°25′50″W / 37.90894°N 89.430647°W / 37.90894; -89.430647

(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)

Adjacent townships

Vergennes Township (east)
Somerset Township (southeast)
Levan Township (south)
Kinkaid Township (southwest)
Bradley Township (west)

Cemeteries

The township contains these eight cemeteries: Birkner, Creek Paum, Ditzler, Graff, Joubert, King, Underwood and Williamson.

Major highways

Illinois Route 4

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2016 (est.)	502	^[1]
U.S. Decennial Census^[3]

School districts

Elverado Community Unit School District 196
Trico Community Unit School District 176

Political districts

Illinois' 12th congressional district
State House District 115
State Senate District 58

Notable person

Wayne Alstat (1934-2019), farmer and Illinois state representative, was born in Ora Township.^[4]

References

"Ora Township, Jackson County, Illinois". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved January 17, 2010.
United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
United States National Atlas

^ ^a ^b "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.
^ ^a ^b "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.
^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
^ Wayne Gene Alstat-obituary

External links

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[USCensusEst2016-1] "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.

[census-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.

[DecennialCensus-3] "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.

[4] Wayne Gene Alstat-obituary

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Jackson County, Illinois, United States
County seat: Murphysboro
Cities	Ava Carbondale‡ Grand Tower Murphysboro	Map of Illinois highlighting Jackson County
Villages	Campbell Hill De Soto Dowell Elkville Gorham Makanda Vergennes
Townships	Bradley Carbondale Degognia DeSoto Elk Fountain Bluff Grand Tower Kinkaid Levan Makanda Murphysboro Ora Pomona Sand Ridge Somerset Vergennes
CDP	Harrison
Other unincorporated communities	Boskydell Cora Crain Degognia Dry Hill Etherton Glenn Grimsby Hallidayboro Howardton Jacob Jones Ridge Mount Carbon Neunert Oraville Pomona Raddle Reeds Station Sand Ridge Sato West Point
Ghost town	Brownsville
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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