Grant Township, Vermilion County, Illinois

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Grant 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 = 1862

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area_total_km2 = 225.34
area_land_km2 = 225.25
area_water_km2 = 0.08
area_total_sq_mi = 87
area_land_sq_mi = 86.97
area_water_sq_mi = 0.03
area_water_percent = 0.04

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 6672
population_density_km2 = 29.6
population_density_sq_mi = 76.7

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elevation_m = 212
elevation_ft = 696
latd = 40
latm = 26
lats = 51
latNS = N
longd = 87
longm = 38
longs = 45
longEW = W

timezone = CST
utc_offset = -6
timezone_DST = CDT
utc_offset_DST = -5
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Grant Township is a township in Vermilion County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 6,672 [ [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=06000US1718330965&-search_results=01000US&-format=&-_lang=en United States Census Bureau American FactFinder] ] .

History

Grant Township was created in 1862.

Geography

Grant Township covers an area of 87 square miles (225.34 square kilometers); of this, 0.03 square miles (0.08 square kilometers) or 0.04 percent 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

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Airports and landing strips

* Beckley Airfield
* Hoopeston Community Memorial Hospital Heliport

References

* [http://geonames.usgs.gov/domestic/ U.S. Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)]
* [http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/ United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files]

External links

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