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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)

Grant Township, Vermilion County, Illinois

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.

Contents

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.

Cities and towns

  • Hoopeston
  • Rossville (north quarter)

    • Unincorporated towns

  • Cheneyville

    • Extinct towns

  • Coalton
  • Heaton

    • Adjacent townships

  • 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

    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

    • References

    Grant Township, Vermilion County, Illinois Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA