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]
Grant Township | |
|---|---|
 Location in Vermilion County | |
| Coordinates: 40°26′51″N 87°38′45″W / 40.44750°N 87.64583°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Illinois |
| County | Vermilion |
| Created | 1862 |
| Area | |
• Total | 86.69 sq mi (224.5 km2) |
| • Land | 86.66 sq mi (224.4 km2) |
| • Water | 0.03 sq mi (0.08 km2) 0.03% |
| Elevation | 696 ft (212 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Estimate (2016)[1] | 5,781 |
| • Density | 69.6/sq mi (26.9/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| FIPS code | 17-183-30965 |
History
editGrant 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
editAccording 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
editUnincorporated towns
editExtinct towns
edit- Coalton
- Heaton
Adjacent townships
edit- Hickory Grove Township, Benton County, Indiana (northeast)
- Prairie Green Township, Iroquois County (northeast)
- Prairie Township, Warren County, Indiana (east)
- Jordan Township, Warren County, Indiana (southeast)
- Ross Township (south)
- Butler Township (west)
- Fountain Creek Township, Iroquois County (northwest)
- Lovejoy Township, Iroquois County (northwest)
Cemeteries
editThe township contains one cemetery, Redtop.
Major highways
edit
Airports and landing strips
edit- Beckley Airfield
- Hoopeston Community Memorial Hospital Heliport
Demographics
edit| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 (est.) | 5,781 | [1] | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[4] | |||
References
edit- ^ a b "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Callary, Edmund (2009). Place Names of Illinois. Urbana: University of Illinois Press. p. 144. ISBN 978-0-252-03356-8.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.