title: Friends Creek Township, Macon County, Illinois
text: # Friends Creek Township, Macon County, Illinois
  
  Friends Creek Township is located in Macon County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,450 and it contained 601 housing units.
  
  ## Cities and towns
  
  * Argenta
  * Newburg
  
  ## Adjacent townships
  
  * Creek Township, DeWitt County (north)
  * Nixon Township, DeWitt County (north)
  * Goose Creek Township, Piatt County (northeast)
  * Willow Branch Township, Piatt County (east and southeast)
  * Whitmore Township (south)
  * Hickory Point Township (southwest)
  * Maroa Township (west)
  * Texas Township, DeWitt County (northwest)
  
  ## Geography
  
  Friends Creek Township is the home of the Friends Creek Conservation Area, a 616-acre county conservation area that is the largest park physically located in the township. According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 49.3 square miles (128 $km^2),$ of which 49.29 square miles (127.7 $km^2)$ (or 99.98%) is land and 0.01 square miles (0.026 $km^2)$ (or 0.02%) is water.
  
  