Dawson Township, McLean County, Illinois

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Country	United States
Dawson Township
Location in McLean County
State	Illinois
County	McLean
Established	After 1920
Government
- Supervisor
Area
- Total	37.5 sq mi (97.12 km²)
- Land	37.2 sq mi (96.34 km²)
- Water	0.3 sq mi (0.77 km²) 1%
Population (2000)
- Total	668
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
- Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)

Dawson Township is located in McLean County, Illinois. The population was 668 at the 2000 census. Dawson Township was originally named Lee Township, but changed to Padua Township on May 17, 1858, and then to Dawson on an unknown date.

Dawson Township was named for John Wells Dawson.^[1]

[edit] References

^ "["http://books.google.com/books?id=BqwPAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA194&dq=Mclean+county#PPA101,M1" The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States]" (January 22, 2008). US Geological Survey: 258.

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v • d • e Municipalities and communities of McLean County, Illinois

County seat: Bloomington

Cities	Bloomington \| Chenoa \| Le Roy \| Lexington

Town	Normal

Villages	Anchor \| Arrowsmith \| Bellflower \| Carlock \| Colfax \| Cooksville \| Danvers \| Downs \| Ellsworth \| Gridley \| Heyworth \| Hudson \| McLean \| Saybrook \| Stanford \| Towanda

Townships	Allin \| Anchor \| Arrowsmith \| Bellflower \| Bloomington \| Blue Mound \| Cheney's Grove \| Chenoa \| Cropsey \| Dale \| Danvers \| Dawson \| Downs \| Dry Grove \| Empire \| Funk's Grove \| Gridley \| Hudson \| Lawndale \| Lexington \| Martin \| Money Creek \| Mount Hope \| Normal \| Old Town \| Randolph \| Towanda \| West \| White Oak \| Yates

Unincorporated communities	Barnes \| Bentown \| Bloomington Heights \| Covell \| Fletcher \| Funks Grove \| Gillum \| Glen Avon \| Hilltop \| Holder \| Kerrik \| Kumler \| Lyttleville \| Meadows \| Merna \| Padua \| Sabina \| Shirley \| Weston \| Yuton