Fancy Creek Township
Fancy Creek Township is located in Sangamon County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 5,410 and it contained 2,074 housing units. Fancy Creek Township changed its name from Power Township on September 11, 1861.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality with 5,840 residents
- Description: township in Sangamon County, Illinois
- Also known as: “Fancy Creek Township, Sangamon County, Illinois” and “Township of Fancy Creek”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Power Farmstead.
Power Farmstead
Farm
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
The Power Farmstead is a historic farm located on County Road 9500N east of Cantrall, Illinois. George Power, a prominent early settler of northern Sangamon County, established the farm in the 1820s.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sherman and Cantrall.
Sherman
Sherman is a village in Sangamon County, Illinois, United States. The population was 4,673 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Springfield metropolitan statistical area. In 2023 the village was hit by a high end EF-2 tornado in the March 31st outbreak.Cantrall
Village
Cantrall is a village in Sangamon County, Illinois, United States. The population was 144 at the 2020 census, up from 139 in 2010. It is part of the Springfield, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Andrew
Hamlet
Andrew is an unincorporated community in Fancy Creek Township, Sangamon County, Illinois, United States. Andrew is located on the Illinois and Midland Railroad 1.9 miles west of Sherman.
Fancy Creek Township
- Category: township of Illinois
- Location: Sangamon, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Vietnamese—“Fancy Creek Township” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Fancy Creek udalerria, Sangamon konderria (Illinois)”
- Basque: “Fancy Creek udalerria, Sangamon konderria”
- Chinese: “凡西克里克鎮區”
- Chinese: “范西克里克鎮區 (伊利諾伊州桑加蒙縣)”
- French: “Fancy Creek Township”
- German: “Fancy Creek Township”
- Spanish: “Municipio de Fancy Creek (condado de Sangamon, Illinois)”
- Spanish: “Municipio de Fancy Creek”
- Urdu: “فینسی کریک ٹاؤن شپ، سینگامون کاؤنٹی، الینوائے”
- Urdu: “فینسی کریک ٹاؤن شپ”
- Vietnamese: “Xã Fancy Creek, Quận Sangamon, Illinois”
- Vietnamese: “Xã Fancy Creek”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Brittin Cemetery and Canterbury Cemetery.
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