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  2. Irishtown Township, Clinton County, Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Irishtown Township is one of fifteen townships in Clinton County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,036 and it contained 730 housing units. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,036 and it contained 730 housing units.

  3. List of Illinois townships - Wikipedia

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    State law specifies that no two townships in Illinois shall have the same name, [3] and that, if the Illinois Secretary of State compares the township abstracts and finds a duplicate, the county that last adopted the name shall instead adopt a different name at the next county board meeting. [4]

  4. List of Irish place names in other countries - Wikipedia

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    Massive emigration, often called the Irish diaspora, from Ireland in the 19th and 20th centuries resulted in many towns and regions being named or renamed after places in Ireland. The following place names sometimes share strong ties with the original place name.

  5. South Side, Chicago - Wikipedia

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    Irish, Italian, Polish, Lithuanian and Yugoslav immigrants, in particular, settled in neighborhoods adjacent to industrial zones. [21] The Illinois Constitution gave rise to townships that provided municipal services in 1850. Several settlements surrounding Chicago incorporated as townships to better serve their residents.

  6. Administrative divisions of Illinois - Wikipedia

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    The administrative divisions of Illinois are counties, townships, precincts, cities, towns, villages, and special-purpose districts. [1] The basic subdivisions of Illinois are the 102 counties. [2] Illinois has more units of local government than any other state—over 8,000 in all. [3]

  7. South Side Irish - Wikipedia

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    The South Side Irish is the large Irish-American community on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois. After 1945, a large-scale movement to the suburbs occurred because of white flight and the steady upward social mobility of the Irish. [ 1 ]

  8. List of municipalities in Illinois - Wikipedia

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    According to the 2020 United States census, Illinois is the 6th most populous state with 12,812,508 inhabitants but the 24th largest by land area spanning 55,499.0 square miles (143,742 km 2) of land. [1] Illinois is divided into 102 counties and, as of 2020, contained 1,300 municipalities consisting of cities, towns, and villages.

  9. List of unincorporated communities in Illinois - Wikipedia

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    List of towns and villages in Illinois; List of counties in Illinois; List of precincts in Illinois; References This page was last edited on 23 September 2024, at 07: ...