Elwood Township, Vermilion County, Illinois

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Elwood 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 = 64.49
area_land_km2 = 64.28
area_water_km2 = 0.21
area_total_sq_mi = 24.9
area_land_sq_mi = 24.82
area_water_sq_mi = 0.08
area_water_percent = 0.33

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1672
population_density_km2 = 26
population_density_sq_mi = 67.4

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elevation_m = 210
elevation_ft = 689
latd = 39
latm = 54
lats = 19
latNS = N
longd = 87
longm = 38
longs = 39
longEW = W

timezone = CST
utc_offset = -6
timezone_DST = CDT
utc_offset_DST = -5
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Elwood Township is a township in Vermilion County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,672 [ [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=06000US1718323932&-search_results=01000US&-format=&-_lang=en United States Census Bureau American FactFinder] ] .

History

Elwood Township was one of the eight townships created in 1851.

Geography

Elwood Township covers an area of 24.9 square miles (64.49 square kilometers); of this, 0.08 square miles (0.21 square kilometers) or 0.33 percent is water.

Cities and towns

* Ridge Farm

Unincorporated towns

* Olivet
* Vermilion Grove

Adjacent townships

* Georgetown Township (north)
* Love Township (east)
* Prairie Township, Edgar County (southeast)
* Ross Township, Edgar County (southwest)
* Carroll Township (west)

Cemeteries

The township contains six cemeteries: Crown Hill, Dalbey, Pilot Grove, Sharon, Shock and Vermilion.

Major highways

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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/Elwood-Vermilion-IL.html City-Data.com]
* [http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/irad/vermilion.html Illinois State Archives]