title: Money Creek Township, McLean County, Illinois
text: # Money Creek Township, McLean County, Illinois
  
  Money Creek Township is located in McLean County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,085 and it contained 511 housing units.
  
  The township took its name from Money Creek.
  
  ## Geography
  
  According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 39.3 square miles (102 $km^2),$ of which 38.81 square miles (100.5 $km^2)$ (or 98.75%) is land and 0.48 square miles (1.2 $km^2)$ (or 1.22%) is water.
  
  ## Notable people
  
  The American frontiersman and preserver of the buffalo, Charles "Buffalo" Jones, was reared at Money Creek during the 1850s.
  
  