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Beecher is a village in Will County, Illinois, United States. It is located on the old Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad and the Dixie Highway. Situated in the center of Washington Township, it was originally named Washington Center. Named for Henry Ward Beecher, Beecher was founded in 1870 and incorporated as a village in 1884. Originally governed by a village president and board of trustees, a village administrator was hired to handle daily tasks in 1988. The city clerk is an appointed position. The population was 4,359 at the 2010 census. ==Geography== According to the 2010 census, Beecher has a total area of , all land.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=G001 - Geographic Identifiers - 2010 Census Summary File 1 )〕 The majority of the village is in Section 16 of Washington Township. A branch of Trim Creek flows through Beecher, but this carries very little water most of the year. Beecher is located in the center of a primarily agricultural township. Beecher Consolidated School District provides educational services for Washington Township and of the neighboring, entirely rural, Will Township. The nearest towns are Crete, Illinois, north; Grant Park, south; Peotone, west and Cedar Lake, Indiana, east. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Beecher, Illinois」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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