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Grant Township
Grant Township
Township
	Location in Vermilion County
	Coordinates: 40°26′51″N 87°38′45″W / 40.44750°N 87.64583°W
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Vermilion
Created	1862
Area
• Total	86.69 sq mi (224.5 km2)
• Land	86.66 sq mi (224.4 km2)
• Water	0.03 sq mi (0.08 km2) 0.03%
Elevation	696 ft (212 m)
Population (2010)
• Estimate (2016)	5,781
• Density	69.6/sq mi (26.9/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
FIPS code	17-183-30965

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 86.69 square miles (224.5 km²), of which 86.66 square miles (224.4 km²) (or 99.97%) is land and 0.03 square miles (0.078 km²) (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

Airports and landing strips

Beckley Airfield
Hoopeston Community Memorial Hospital Heliport

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2016 (est.)	5,781	^[1]
U.S. Decennial Census^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved May 28, 2013.
^ Callary, Edmund (2009). Place Names of Illinois. Urbana: University of Illinois Press. p. 144. ISBN 978-0-252-03356-8.
^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.

External links

[USCensusEst2016-1] "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.

[census-2] "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved May 28, 2013.

[3] Callary, Edmund (2009). Place Names of Illinois. Urbana: University of Illinois Press. p. 144. ISBN 978-0-252-03356-8.

[DecennialCensus-4] "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.

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Grant Township, Vermilion County, Illinois