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Cooper Township
Cooper Township
Township
	Location in Sangamon County
	Sangamon County's location in Illinois
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Sangamon
Established	November 6, 1860
Area
• Total	28.72 sq mi (74.4 km2)
• Land	28.53 sq mi (73.9 km2)
• Water	0.19 sq mi (0.5 km2) 0.66%
Population (2010)
• Estimate (2016)	882
• Density	31.3/sq mi (12.1/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
FIPS code	17-167-16223

Cooper Township is located in Sangamon County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 893 and it contained 345 housing units.^[2]

The unincorporated community of Buckhart was located at the intersection of Buckhart and Young Roads, and the Buckhart Cemetery is now also known as the Cooper Cemetery and commonly as Oak Hill Cemetery.

Geography edit

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 28.72 square miles (74.4 km²), of which 28.53 square miles (73.9 km²) (or 99.34%) is land and 0.19 square miles (0.49 km²) (or 0.66%) is water.^[2]

Demographics edit

Historical population
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2016 (est.)	882	^[1]
U.S. Decennial Census^[3]

References edit

^ ^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.