title: Martinton Township, Iroquois County, Illinois
text: # Martinton Township, Iroquois County, Illinois
  
  Martinton Township is one of twenty-six townships in Iroquois County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 943 and it contained 460 housing units. Buchanan Township formed from a portion of Papineau Township, then known as Wygant Township, in September 1857; its name was changed to Martinton Township on an unknown date.
  
  ## Geography
  
  According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 54.41 square miles (140.9 $km^2),$ of which 54.22 square miles (140.4 $km^2)$ (or 99.65%) is land and 0.19 square miles (0.49 $km^2)$ (or 0.35%) is water.
  
  ### Cities, towns, villages
  
  * Martinton
  
  ### Extinct towns
  
  * Freedville at 40°51′39″N 87°44′35″W﻿ / ﻿40.860868°N 87.74309°W﻿ / 40.860868; -87.74309
  
  ### Cemeteries
  
  The township contains these four cemeteries: Greentown, Mount Olivet, Old Burg and Teege.
  
  ### Major highways
  
  * U.S. Route 52
  * Illinois Route 1
  
  ## School districts
  
  * Donovan Community Unit School District 3
  * Iroquois County Community Unit School District 9
  
  ## Political districts
  
  * Illinois' 15th congressional district
  * State House District 79
  * State Senate District 40
  