Grant Township, Vermilion County, Illinois

Coordinates: 40°26′51″N 87°38′45″W / 40.44750°N 87.64583°W / 40.44750; -87.64583
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Grant Township
CDT)
FIPS code17-183-30965

Grant Township is a township in Vermilion County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 6,028 and it contained 2,817 housing units.[2]

History

Grant Township was originally called Lyon Township but it was changed in 1862 to honor Ulysses S. Grant. He had just won a surrender by Confederate forces at Fort Donelson in Tennessee.[3]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 86.69 square miles (224.5 km2), of which 86.66 square miles (224.4 km2) (or 99.97%) is land and 0.03 square miles (0.078 km2) (or 0.03%) is water.[2]

Cities and towns

Unincorporated towns

Extinct towns

  • Coalton
  • Heaton

Adjacent townships

Cemeteries

The township contains one cemetery, Redtop.

Major highways

  • Illinois State Route 1
  • Illinois State Route 9

Airports and landing strips

  • Beckley Airfield
  • Hoopeston Community Memorial Hospital Heliport

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2016 (est.)5,781[1]
U.S. Decennial Census[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved May 28, 2013.
  3. ISBN 978-0-252-03356-8
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  4. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.

External links

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