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Beaver Dam State Park is an Illinois state park on 750 acres (304 ha) in Macoupin County, Illinois in the United States. The park is 7 miles (11 km) southwest of Carlinville, Illinois and is managed by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) as a public place for fishing .
Beaver Creek Township is one of twelve townships in Hamilton County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 274 and it contained 109 housing units. As of the 2020 census, its population was 274 and it contained 109 housing units.
An 1824 traveler encountered a single bison near the modern location of the preserve and shot it. Bison were extirpated from Indiana by 1830. [4] Twenty-three American bison were introduced to the Kankakee Sands in October of 2016. The bison are from the Wind Cave National Park. [5] Bison were indigenous to Indiana until exterminated by 1790. [6]
Beaver Creek flows through central Boone County, Illinois, where the Beaver Creek network generally flows northeast to southwest. [4] Poplar Grove and Capron are the two major settlements in the Beaver Creek watershed; Candlewick Lake, an unincorporated community, is also found in the watershed.
Fisherman beside dam on the Kankakee River at Momence, Illinois, on the north bank, looking southwest Until the end of the 19th century, the river was nearly 240 miles (390 km) long, flowing in a highly meandering course through a vast complex of wetlands surrounding the river, that was known as the Grand Kankakee Marsh. [ 14 ]
The U.S. state of Indiana is divided into 1,008 townships in 92 counties. Each is administered by a township trustee . The population is from the 2010 census unless denoted otherwise.
In 1905, the village name was changed to "Beaverville", when the village founders realized that there was another town in Illinois named St. Mary. [3] The new name was inspired by the profusion of beavers in the area in the early 19th century, when Beaver Lake right across the border in Indiana still existed.
Beaverville Township is one of twenty-six townships in Iroquois County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 515 and it contained 243 housing units. [ 1 ] Beaverville Township formed from portions of Papineau Township and Beaver Township in September, 1921.