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South Otter Township, Macoupin County, Illinois

township in Macoupin County, Illinois

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
Places and architectureInterpretive dossier study · Crown Archives visual atlas
Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 26, 2026
Entity authorityQ7568089 ↗
Source-derived summary

South Otter Township (T11N R7W) is located in Macoupin County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 465 and it contained 204 housing units.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 36.41 square miles (94.3 km2), of which 35.77 square miles (92.6 km2) (or 98.24%) is land and 0.63 square miles (1.6 km2) (or 1.73%) is water.

Editorial summary

“South Otter Township, Macoupin County, Illinois” enters the record as township in Macoupin County, Illinois. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what South, Otter and Township can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2010—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1870-11-01. Its strongest next move is a source search built around South, Otter and Township.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“South Otter Township, Macoupin County, Illinois” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, South, Otter and Township provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 26, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7568089. Authority coordinates are 39.383, -89.867. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2010.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “South Otter Township, Macoupin County, Illinois”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow South Otter Township, Macoupin County, Illinois primary sources, South Otter Township, Macoupin County, Illinois archive and South research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “South Otter Township, Macoupin County, Illinois”?
  2. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “South Otter Township, Macoupin County, Illinois” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.