Carroll Township, Vermilion County, Illinois

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Carroll Township
settlement_type = Township
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Illinois
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Vermilion
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established_title = Created
established_date = 1851

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area_total_km2 = 96.54
area_land_km2 = 96.52
area_water_km2 = 0.01
area_total_sq_mi = 37.27
area_land_sq_mi = 37.27
area_water_sq_mi = 0.01
area_water_percent = 0.01

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 557
population_density_km2 = 5.8
population_density_sq_mi = 14.9

elevation_footnotes =
elevation_m = 207
elevation_ft = 679
latd = 39
latm = 55
lats = 41
latNS = N
longd = 87
longm = 44
longs = 38
longEW = W

timezone = CST
utc_offset = -6
timezone_DST = CDT
utc_offset_DST = -5
postal_code_type = ZIP codes
postal_code = 61817, 61846, 61850, 61870, 61876
area_code = 217
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Carroll Township is a township in Vermilion County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 557 [ [http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTTable?_bm=y&-context=dt&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-mt_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_P001&-CONTEXT=dt&-tree_id=4001&-all_geo_types=N&-geo_id=06000US1718311449&-search_results=01000US&-format=&-_lang=en United States Census Bureau American FactFinder] ] .

History

Carroll Township was one of the eight townships created in 1851. It was also the name of one of the original two townships created in March 1826, the other being called Ripley Township.

Geography

Carroll Township covers an area of 37.27 square miles (96.54 square kilometers); of this, 0.01 square miles (0.01 square kilometers) or 0.01 percent is water.

Cities and towns

* Indianola

Extinct towns

* Maizetown

Adjacent townships

* Catlin Township (north)
* Georgetown Township (northeast)
* Elwood Township (east)
* Ross Township, Edgar County (south)
* Young America Township, Edgar County (southwest)
* Sidell Township (west)
* Jamaica Township (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains seven cemeteries: Lebanon, Michael, Sandusky, Stunkard, Weaver, Woodlawn and Workheiser.

chool districts

* Georgetown-Ridge Farm Consolidated Unit School District 4
* Jamaica Community Unit School District 12

Political districts

* Illinois' 15th congressional district
* State House District 104
* State Senate District 52

References

* [http://geonames.usgs.gov/domestic/ U.S. Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)]
* [http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/tgrshp2007/tgrshp2007.html United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles]

External links

* [http://www.us-counties.com/localgov/illinois.html US-Counties.com]
* [http://www.city-data.com/township/Carroll-Vermilion-IL.html City-Data.com]
* [http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/irad/vermilion.html Illinois State Archives]