Lafayette Township, Coles County, Illinois

Geobox Township
name = Lafayette Township
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category = Township


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country = United States
state = Illinois
region = Coles
region_type = County
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area_imperial = 33.1
area_land_imperial = 33.0
area_water_imperial = 0.1
area_water_percentage = 1
area_water_percentage_round = 2
area_round = 1
location =
lat_d = 39
lat_m = 28
lat_s = 55
lat_NS = N
long_d = 88
long_m = 18
long_s = 13
long_EW = W
elevation_imperial = 705
elevation_round = 1
population_as_of = 2000
population = 1278
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population_density_round = 1
established_type = Settled
established = November 8, 1859
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leader_type = Supervisor
timezone = CST
utc_offset = -6
timezone_DST = CDT
utc_offset_DST = -5
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map_caption = Location in Coles County
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map1_caption = Location of Lafayette Township in Illinois
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Lafayette Township is located in Coles County, Illinois. The population was 1,278 at the 2000 census.

A portion of the city of Mattoon and a small portion of Charleston are located in this township. The Coles County Memorial Airport is located in Lafayette Township.

External links

* [http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DatasetMainPageServlet?_lang=en&_ US Census]
* [http://www.city-data.com/township/Lafayette-Coles-IL.html City-data.com]