Artesia Township is one of twenty-six townships in Iroquois County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 945 and it contained 428 housing units. Artesia Township formed from portions of Ash Grove and Loda townships sometime prior to 1921. Geography According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.90%) is land and (or 0.10%) is water. Cities, towns, villages Buckley Cemeteries The township contains these two cemeteries: Lisk and Saint John's Lutheran. Major highways Interstate 57 U.S. Route 45 Demographics School districts Cissna Park Community Unit School District 6 Iroquois West Community Unit School District 10 Paxton-Buckley-Loda Community Unit School District 10 Political districts Illinois' 15th congressional district State House District 105 State Senate District 53 References United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles United States National Atlas External links City-Data.com Illinois State Archives Townships in Iroquois County, Illinois Townships in Illinois