Grant Township, Vermilion County, Illinois

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Country United States County Vermilion Time zone CST (UTC-6) Elevation 212 m Local time Saturday 8:23 AM		State Illinois Created 1862 GNIS feature ID 0429072 Area 224.5 km² Population 6,028 (2010)

Weather 2°C, Wind W at 21 km/h, 81% Humidity

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.

Map of Grant Township, IL, USA

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.

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.