Newell Township, Vermilion County, Illinois

Newell Township
—  Township  —
Location in Vermilion County
Coordinates: 40°12′37″N 87°35′01″W / 40.21028°N 87.58361°W / 40.21028; -87.58361Coordinates: 40°12′37″N 87°35′01″W / 40.21028°N 87.58361°W / 40.21028; -87.58361
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Vermilion
Created	1851
Area
- Total	50.76 sq mi (131.46 km2)
- Land	50.03 sq mi (129.57 km2)
- Water	0.73 sq mi (1.89 km2)  1.44%
Elevation	692 ft (211 m)
Population (2000)
- Total	13,835
- Density	276.5/sq mi (106.8/km2)
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
- Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
GNIS feature ID	0429435

Newell Township is a township in Vermilion County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 13,835.^[1]

History

The first sale land in this area was in 1824 to Obadiah Le Neve, who settled here just before Christmas of that year. It was not until 1851 that the county was divided up into its first eight townships, and Newell Township was one of those. It was named for Squire James Newell, the first Justice of the Peace for the area. ^[2]

Geography

Newell Township covers an area of 50.76 square miles (131.5 km²); of this, 0.73 square miles (1.9 km²) or 1.44 percent is water. The township contains much of Lake Vermilion.

Cities and towns

• Bismarck
• Danville (the county seat) (north portion)

Unincorporated towns

• Illiana

Extinct towns

• Campbell
• Denmark
• Myersville
• Newell
• West Newell

Adjacent townships

• Kent Township, Warren County, Indiana (east)
• Steuben Township, Warren County, Indiana (east)
• Mound Township, Warren County, Indiana (southeast)
• Danville Township (south)
• Blount Township (west)
• South Ross Township (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains these cemeteries: Bryley, Farmers Chapel, Gordon, Huffman, Lamb, Leonard, Rose, Springhill, Sunset Memorial and Walnut Corner.

Major highways

• U.S. Route 136
• Illinois State Route 1

Airports and landing strips

• Vermilion County Airport

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. 50. 

External links

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