Middlefork Township, Vermilion County, Illinois

Middlefork Township
—  Township  —
Location in Vermilion County
Coordinates: 40°19′13″N 87°50′17″W / 40.32028°N 87.83806°W / 40.32028; -87.83806Coordinates: 40°19′13″N 87°50′17″W / 40.32028°N 87.83806°W / 40.32028; -87.83806
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Vermilion
Created	1851
Area
- Total	63.73 sq mi (165.07 km2)
- Land	63.72 sq mi (165.03 km2)
- Water	0.02 sq mi (0.04 km2)  0.02%
Elevation	722 ft (220 m)
Population (2000)
- Total	1,404
- Density	22/sq mi (8.5/km2)
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
- Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
GNIS feature ID	0429359

Middlefork Township is a township in Vermilion County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,404.^[1]

History

Middlefork Township was one of the eight townships created in 1851 and included all the land that later became Butler and Ford Townships.

The first settlers in the township were Samuel Partlow and his wife and four sons, who arrived from Kentucky in 1829. A harsh winter caused the loss of all their cattle, and there was little game available for food; Samuel died that year and the family returned to Kentucky. However, the next year, they came back again.^[2]

Geography

Middlefork Township covers an area of 63.73 square miles (165.1 km²); of this, 0.02 square miles (0.052 km²) or 0.02 percent is water. The streams of Bean Creek, Bluegrass Creek and Knights Branch run through this township.

Cities and towns

• Potomac

Unincorporated towns

• Armstrong

Extinct towns

• Blue Grass
• Ellis

Adjacent townships

• Butler Township (north)
• Ross Township (east)
• South Ross Township (east)
• Blount Township (southeast)
• Pilot Township (south)
• Compromise Township, Champaign County (west)
• Kerr Township, Champaign County (west)

Cemeteries

The township contains seven cemeteries: Ingersoll, Old Partlow, Old Sowdowsky, Outton Family, Partlow, Potomac and Wallace Chapel.

Major highways

• U.S. Route 136
• Illinois State Route 49

References

• U.S. Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)
• United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files

1. ^ United States Census Bureau American FactFinder
2. ^ Stapp, Katherine; W. I. Bowman (1968). History Under Our Feet: The Story of Vermilion County, Illinois. Danville, Illinois: Interstate Printers and Publishers, Inc.. pp. 38. 

External links

• US-Counties.com
• City-Data.com
• Illinois State Archives