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词条 Grant Township, Vermilion County, Illinois
释义

  1. History

  2. Geography

     Cities and towns  Unincorporated towns  Extinct towns  Adjacent townships  Cemeteries  Major highways  Airports and landing strips 

  3. Demographics

  4. References

  5. External links

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}}Grant Township is a township in Vermilion County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 6,028 and it contained 2,817 housing units.[2]

History

Grant Township was originally called Lyon Township but it was changed in 1862 to honor Ulysses S. Grant. He had just won a surrender by Confederate forces at Fort Donelson in Tennessee.[3]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of {{convert|86.69|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|86.66|sqmi}} (or 99.97%) is land and {{convert|0.03|sqmi}} (or 0.03%) is water.[2]

Cities and towns

  • Hoopeston
  • Rossville (north quarter)

Unincorporated towns

  • Cheneyville

Extinct towns

  • Coalton
  • Heaton

Adjacent townships

  • Hickory Grove Township, Benton County, Indiana (northeast)
  • Prairie Green Township, Iroquois County (northeast)
  • Prairie Township, Warren County, Indiana (east)
  • Jordan Township, Warren County, Indiana (southeast)
  • Ross Township (south)
  • Butler Township (west)
  • Fountain Creek Township, Iroquois County (northwest)
  • Lovejoy Township, Iroquois County (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains one cemetery, Redtop.

Major highways

  • Illinois State Route 1
  • Illinois State Route 9

Airports and landing strips

  • Beckley Airfield
  • Hoopeston Community Memorial Hospital Heliport

Demographics

{{US Census population
|estyear=2016
|estimate=5781
|estref=[4]
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census[5]
}}

References

  • U.S. Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20000815064614/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/ United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files]
1. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.2016.html|title=Population and Housing Unit Estimates|accessdate=June 9, 2017}}
2. ^{{cite web |url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US17183 |title=Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1 |publisher=United States Census |accessdate=2013-05-28}}
3. ^{{cite book |last=Callary |first=Edmund |title=Place Names of Illinois |page=144 |publisher=University of Illinois Press |location=Urbana |year=2009 |isbn=978-0-252-03356-8}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.2016.html|title=Population and Housing Unit Estimates|accessdate=June 9, 2017}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}

External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20080905074659/http://www.us-counties.com/localgov/illinois.html US-Counties.com]
  • City-Data.com
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20080516080544/http://cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/irad/vermilion.html Illinois State Archives]
{{Vermilion County, Illinois}}

3 : Townships in Vermilion County, Illinois|Townships in Illinois|1862 establishments in Illinois

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