Pilot Township, Vermilion County, Illinois

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Pilot 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 = 161.29
area_land_km2 = 161.24
area_water_km2 = 0.04
area_total_sq_mi = 62.27
area_land_sq_mi = 62.26
area_water_sq_mi = 0.02
area_water_percent = 0.02

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 658
population_density_km2 = 4.1
population_density_sq_mi = 10.6

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elevation_m = 230
elevation_ft = 755
latd = 40
latm = 13
lats = 01
latNS = N
longd = 87
longm = 51
longs = 03
longEW = W

timezone = CST
utc_offset = -6
timezone_DST = CDT
utc_offset_DST = -5
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Pilot Township is a township in Vermilion County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 658 [ [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=06000US1718359832&-search_results=01000US&-format=&-_lang=en United States Census Bureau American FactFinder] ] .

History

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

Geography

Pilot Township covers an area of 62.27 square miles (161.29 square kilometers); of this, 0.02 square miles (0.04 square kilometers) or 0.02 percent is water.

Unincorporated towns

* Collison

Extinct towns

* Hope

Adjacent townships

* Middlefork Township (north)
* Blount Township (east)
* Oakwood Township (south)
* Ogden Township, Champaign County (southwest)
* Compromise Township, Champaign County (west)

Cemeteries

The township contains eight cemeteries: Collison, Concord, Emberry Chaple, Knight's Branch, Rice, Stump, Trimmell and Underwood Family.

Major highways

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Airports and landing strips

* Collison Airport

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