Blue Ridge Township, Piatt County, Illinois

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Blue Ridge 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 = Piatt
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established_title = Established
established_date = November 8, 1859

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area_total_km2 = 165.77
area_land_km2 = 165.61
area_water_km2 = 0.16
area_total_sq_mi = 64
area_land_sq_mi = 63.94
area_water_sq_mi = 0.06
area_water_percent = 0.1

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1414
population_density_km2 = 8.5
population_density_sq_mi = 22.1

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elevation_m = 222
elevation_ft = 728
latd = 40
latm = 13
lats = 18
latNS = N
longd = 88
longm = 32
longs = 42
longEW = W

timezone = CST
utc_offset = -6
timezone_DST = CDT
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Blue Ridge Township is a township in Piatt County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,414 [ [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=06000US1714706808&-search_results=01000US&-format=&-_lang=en United States Census Bureau American FactFinder] ] .

Geography

Blue Ridge Township covers an area of 64 square miles (165.77 square kilometers); of this, 0.06 square miles (0.16 square kilometers) or 0.1 percent is water.

Cities and towns

* Mansfield

Extinct towns

* Blue Ridge
* Harris

Adjacent townships

* Bellflower Township, McLean County (north)
* Mahomet Township, Champaign County (east)
* Newcomb Township, Champaign County (east)
* Sangamon Township (south)
* Goose Creek Township (southwest)
* Santa Anna Township, DeWitt County (west)
* West Township, McLean County (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains three cemeteries: Blue Ridge, Dunkard and Mansfield.

Major highways

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Airports and landing strips

* Ashworth Landing Strip
* Marvin D Bradd Airport
* Niklaus RLA Airport
* Robert A Ashworth Airport
* Van Gorder Airport
* Weidner Landing Field

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/Blue-Ridge-Piatt-IL.html City-Data.com]
* [http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/irad/piatt.html Illinois State Archives]