title: Bernadotte Township, Fulton County, Illinois
text: # Bernadotte Township, Fulton County, Illinois
  
  Bernadotte Township is one of twenty-six townships in Fulton County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 273 and it contained 141 housing units.
  
  ## Geography
  
  According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 37.7 square miles (98 $km^2),$ of which 37.69 square miles (97.6 $km^2)$ (or 99.97%) is land and 0.01 square miles (0.026 $km^2)$ (or 0.03%) is water.
  
  ### Extinct towns
  
  * Bernadotte
  * Tuscumbia
  * Cameron Grove (aka Colemans grove) was a picnic area & settlement 3 miles up the spoon River north of Bernadotte in the early days.
  * Providence was a small community with a lovely church and cemetery.
  * Bennington was a former village that had a post office established Sept 20,1823 and discontinued May 20, 1835.
  
  ### Cemeteries
  
  The township contains these four cemeteries: Engle, Providence, Randol and Stites.
  
  ### Landmarks
  
  * Camp Ellis Landing Strip
  
  ## School districts
  
  * Community Unit School District 3 Fulton City
  * Lewistown School District 97
  * V I T Community Unit School District 2
  
  ## Political districts
  
  * Illinois's 17th congressional district
  * State House District 94
  * State Senate District 47
  