Isabel Township, Fulton County, Illinois
# Isabel Township, Fulton County, Illinois

Isabel Township is one of twenty-six townships in Fulton County, Illinois, USA. At the 2010 census, its population was 192 and it contained 87 housing units.

## Administration history

Township Supervisors

| Name | Year | Name | Year |
| - | - | - | - |
| Jeremiah Farris | 1850-51 | William Farris | 1866-69 |
| Robert Carter | 1852-53 | Josiah Hendee | 1870 |
| William Craig | 1854-55 | T.B. Duncan | 1871 |
| Alex Freeman | 1856-57 | John Lane | 1872 |
| Robert Carter | 1858 | Robert K. Walker | 1873 |
| Alex Freeman | 1859 | James M. Lane | 1874-75 |
| C.J. Dilworth | 1860 | Robert G. Mulica | 1876 |
| John Lane | 1861-64 | James Foutch | 1877-79 |
| William Craig | 1865 |

Town Clerks

* Jesse Benson..........1850 Robert G. Mulica..1872-73
* William Craig.....1860 Jesse Benson.........1874-77
* Jesse Benson......1861-69 Stephen J. Benson.1878
* Roland C. Benson..1870 Thomas Brown......1879
* Hugh Murrey... ......1871

## Local government

### Township Supervisor

* Greg Juergens (2005–Present)
* Dennis Barr (2001-2005)
* Gary Crum (1989-2001) Appointed
* Larry Tarvin (?) Resigned
* Carl Gowdy (?)

### Town Clerk

* Karen Hazzard (2018–Present) Appointed
* Janice Colglazier (2008-2018) Resigned moved out of the township
* Pat Robinson (1988-2008)

### Road Commissioner

* David Howe (2018–Present) Appointed
* Robert Kessler (2017-2018) died August 25, 2018
* Gary Whitmore (2015-2017) Appointed
* Matt Stephens (2013-2015) Resigned
* Dennis Barr (2005-2013)
* Ed Weatherford (1997-2005)
* Carrol Weaver (1980-1997)

### Trustees

* Monty Graham ( - Present)
* Craig Porter ( -Present)
* Tracy Tomm (2019–Present) Appointed
* Chase Evans (2017–Present)

### Mailing Address

P.O. Box 168 Lewistown, IL. 61542

## Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 29.37 square miles (76.1 $km^2),$ of which 29.23 square miles (75.7 $km^2)$ (or 99.52%) is land and 0.14 square miles (0.36 $km^2)$ (or 0.48%) is water.

### Existing towns (unincorporated)

* Duncan Mills - Duncan's Mills is a small place of business with a post office on the Spoon River, deriving its name from the gris-tmill at the point formerly owned and operated by George Duncan, an early settler there, and a very highly respected citizen. From 1840 to 1855, perhaps for a greater length of time, his was the largest grist-mill within a radius of 15 to 20 miles.

### Extinct towns

* Otto
* Spoon River village
* West Havana
* Point Isabel was an old shipping point on the Illinois River, at the mouth of the Spoon River and directly across from Havana, and was the southern terminus of the Fulton County Narrow Gauge railway connecting to Fairview and Galesburg.
* Bessler's Station (aka Barrett's Station) was a station on the Narrow Gauge Railroad until 1910.

### Cemeteries

The township contains six cemeteries: Duncan, Farris, Foutch, Freeman, Kearney and Otto.

### Major highways

* US Route 24
* US Route 136
* Illinois Route 78
* Illinois Route 100

## School districts

* Lewistown School District 97

## Political districts

* Illinois' 17th congressional district
* State House District 94
* State Senate District 47
